Gary Carson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 10 · 28 U.S.C. § 455 · 29 U.S.C. § 794
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Gideon v. Wainwright · Kotteakos v. United States · Arizona v. Fulminante · Gagnon v. Scarpelli
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e find that [Appellant's] presentence waiver was unknowing and invalid as to any error in the punishment/sentencing phase of the trial because [Appellant] was in no position to know the nature of the claims he could have brought on appeal in the absence of the waiver.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Carson v. State“The charges were made through four separate indictments.... We reach the same result in the other three cases, released today in separate opinions under cause numbers 06-15-00171-CR, 06-15-00172-CR, and 06-15-00173-CR.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Carson v. State“because at the time he executed the waiver, it was not possible for him to have known that the trial court would base its sentence on extrajudicial evidence”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Carson v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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