Vidaurri v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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65 state decisions

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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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(A) specify that the appeal is for a jurisdictional defect; (B) specify that the substance of the appeal was raised by written motion and ruled on before trial; or (C) state that the trial court granted permission to appeal.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Audrey Lee Williams v. State · Kirtley v. State

2. “the process by which he was sentenced, an issue 'unrelated to [his] conviction,'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Donald Barnes v. State of Texas · Kahookele v. State

3. “if a defendant is dissatisfied with the decision to defer adjudication or with the terms and conditions of the order, his proper remedy is to move for final adjudication.”) . See Vidaurri, 49 S.W.3d at 887 (Johnson, J. concurring) ("The reality of plea bargaining in regard to a deferred adjudication is that the bargaining is done at the time the defendant is placed on deferred adjudication. At that time, the plea bargain ... is complete. At an adjudication hearing, unless a second bargain as to punishment is reached, there is no plea agreement, and thus, by its plain language, Rule 25.2[ (a)(2)], which is applicable when 'the punishment assessed did not exceed the punishment recommended by the prosecutor and agreed to by the defendant,’ does not apply.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Hargesheimer v. State