Ex Parte Jasper’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Sec. 4. When a defendant who has been sentenced to imprisonment in the Department of Corrections has spent time in jail pending trial and sentence or pending appeal, the judge of the sentencing court shall direct the sheriff to attach to the commitment papers a statement assessing the defendant’s conduct while in jail. On the basis of the statement, the Department of Corrections shall grant the defendant such credit for good behavior for the time spent in jail as he' would have earned had he been in the custody of the department.””

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

2. ““Once the Texas detainer was filed against the petitioners in Louisiana, the petitioners were in ‘constructive custody’ of the State of Texas and therefore, since the petitioners were sentenced after the effective date of the amendment of Article 42.03, supra, the petitioners are entitled to flat time credit for the time spent in custody, even in the State of Louisiana, from March 19, 1970, until the present date.””

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

3. ““In the case at bar the State of Texas placed its detainer upon the petitioners on March 19, 1970; therefore, since the petitioners were in ‘constructive custody’ of the State from that day forward, they were entitled also to consideration by the Texas Department of Corrections for good time credits under Article 6184/ [V.A.C.S.].””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex parte Newell