Fields v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[1] It is not necessary to pass upon the inadequacy of the motion for continuance under Article 29.07, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., because there is no motion for new trial alleging the failure of the court to grant a continuance. A motion for new trial based upon the overruling of the motion for continuance because of the absence of a witness should have an affidavit of the missing witness or a showing under oath from some source that the witness would actually testify to the facts set out in the motion for new trial. See 1 Branch’s Ann.P.C.2d, Section 357. Rangel v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 463 S.W.2d 203 . See Harris v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 450 S.W.2d 629 ; Thames v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 453 S.W.2d 495 .””

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