Morton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently June 2007
19 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on St. Jules v. State · Bennett v. State · Menasco v. State · Roberts v. State · Morales 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A motion for new trial shall be filed within ten days after conviction as evi denced by the verdict of the jury, and may be amended by leave of the court at any time before it is acted on within twenty days after it is filed. Such motion shall be presented to the court within ten days after the filing of the original or amended motion, and shall be determined by the court within twenty days after the filing of the original or amended motion, but for good cause shown the time for filing or amending may be extended by the court, but shall not delay the filing of the record on appeal.” (Emphasis added).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Farris v. State · Chappell v. State““(c) In all other' cases such notice shall be given or filed within ten days after sentence is pronounced. “(d) The record on appeal will be deemed sufficient to show notice of appeal was duly given if it contains written notice of appeal showing a date of filing within the time required by law or if the record contains any judgment or sentence or other court order or any docket entry by the court showing that notice of appeal was duly given. “(e) For good cause shown, the trial court may permit the giving of notice of appeal after the expiration of such ten days.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McIntosh v. State““This Court has held that the provisions of Article 40.05 do not authorize an extension of time in which a motion for new trial can be determined. See St. Jules v. State, 438 S.W.2d 568 (Tex.Cr.App.1969).””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Chappell 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.