Abels v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
June 1983
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stearn v. State · Burks v. State · 172 Tex. Crim. 600 - Barton v. State · 172 Tex. Crim. 303 - Barnes v. State · Grant v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Appellant then cut his wife across the throat with what he described as a ‘pocket knife’ and chased her across the room, stabbing her a total of 15 times. Her injuries consisted of a ruptured kidney and an injured spleen which were surgically removed, and a punctured lung, stomach and intestines. Dr. Ferris, who treated the injured party, testified that the wounds were serious and the injured party would have died if she had not received prompt medical attention.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Harris v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.