Watson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

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

1. ““In Steel v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 453 S.W.2d 486 (1970), we noted that the failure of non-appointed counsel in a criminal case to perfect an appeal from a conviction, when requested to do so by the accused, violates the requirement that the accused be afforded the effective aid of counsel on appeal. See Atilus v. United States, 406 F.2d 694 (5th Cir.1969). By analogy, it is clear that if the defendant manifested a desire to appeal then the absence of counsel, due to death, to pursue this appeal would also be a denial of assistance of counsel at a critical stage in a criminal proceeding.””

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

2. ““To avoid the possibility of depriving this appellant of the effective aid of counsel on appeal and an adequate appellate review, this appeal will be abated in order that the trial court can properly notify the appellant of his attorney’s suspension so that appellant may retain assistance of counsel on appeal or in the alternative to inquire and determine whether the circumstances would require the appointment of counsel for the appeal.””

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