Herrington v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Where probationary conditions relate to the payment of restitution and court costs there must be a showing at the revocation hearing of the probationer’s ability to make the payments required and that the failure to make the restitution was intentional (citation), and the failure to pay court costs was willful. (Citations). We know of no reason why these requirements should not likewise apply to the payment of the supervisory or service fee authorized by Section 6a of Article 42.12, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., as amended 1967.” Id., at 333.”

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

2. ““ . . . sufficiently required appellant to report not less than once per month, [citations omitted] However, it did not delegate authority to the probation officer to require weekly reports, and any such instructions given by the officer were beyond his legal authority and of no force. Parsons v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 513 S.W.2d 554 ; DeLeon v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 466 S.W.2d 573 ; Campbell v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 420 S.W.2d 715 .” (emphasis added.) 534 S.W.2d 331, 334 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Whitehead v. State