Braxton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently February 1997 · most notably Chambers v. State (1978), Lugo-Lugo v. State (1983)
27 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 Mitchell v. State · Kennedy v. State · Garcia v. State · Johnson v. State · McBride 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) of this section, a person does not commit an offense unless he intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence engages in conduct as the definition of the offense requires. “(b) If the definition of an offense does not prescribe a culpable mental state, a culpable mental state is nevertheless required unless the definition plainly dispenses with any mental element. “(c) If the definition of an offense does not prescribe a culpable mental state, but one is nevertheless required under Subsection (b) of this section, intent, knowledge, or recklessness suffices to establish criminal responsibility. “(d) Culpable mental states are classified according to relative degrees, from highest to lowest, as follows: (1) intentional; (2) knowing; (3) reckless; (4) criminal negligence. “(e) Proof of a higher degree of culpability than that charged constitutes proof of the culpability charged.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““(a) A person commits an offense only if he voluntarily engages in conduct, including an act, an omission, or possession.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bermudez v. State“(a) A person commits an offense if he has sexual intercourse with a female not his wife without the female’s consent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rivera 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.