Glasper v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “`The fact that the victim was able to break, free and run for help prior to the actual taking of the cash register is of no consequence. But for the assault and consequential fleeing there would have been no relinquishment of the property. [authorities omitted]' "While the conviction in Glasper was under the old Penal Code, we find nothing in the robbery sections in the new Penal Code under which appellant was tried which would require a departure from the holding in Glasper . See V.T.C.A. Penal Code, Sections 29.02 and 29.03. We find our holding in Glasper to be dispositive of appellant's contention.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davis v. State · Watson v. State

2. ““It is well settled that to constitute the offense of robbery, there must be actual or threatened violence to the person antecedent to the robbery, or intimidation of such character that the injured party is put in fear. . . .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Crawford v. State

3. “in refusing to answer a question on the ground that the answer would tend to incriminate him, the witness is exercising a constitutional right personal to himself,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Grayson v. State