Singletary v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently July 2012 · most notably Carrillo v. State (1979), Allridge v. State (1988)
46 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 Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Allaben v. State · Washburn v. State · Williams v. State · Fisk 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Evidence to be offered at the hearing on punishment pursuant to the provisions of Article 37.07, Section 2(b), Vernon’s Ann. C.C.P. is by no means limited to the defendant’s prior criminal record, his general reputation and his character. Evidence legally admissible to mitigate punishment or evidence that is relevant to the application for probation, if any, is also admissible. It appears that the Court should have admitted the testimony excluded, but we cannot conclude, in light of the entire record, that trial court’s action consti tutes such error as to call for reversal. [Emphasis added.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Fielding v. State““An accomplice witness has been described as a person, who, either as a principal, accomplice, or accessory, was connected with the crime by unlawful act or omission on his part, transpiring either before, at the time of, or after the commission of the offense, and whether or not he was present and participated in the crime.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Caraway v. State“becomes obnoxious as self-serving when the opportunity for reflection arises and fabrication is manifested to suit the exigencies of his situation”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Renteria 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.