Ulmer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"A person commits the offense of retaliation if he intentionally or knowingly harms or threatens to harm another by an unlawful act in retaliation for or on account of the service of another as a public servant, witness, or informant. " (Emphasis added)”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marras v. State · Benson v. State

2. “"(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to influence the witness, he offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit on a witness or prospective witness in an official proceeding or coerces a witness or prospective witness in an official proceeding: "(1) to testify falsely; "(2) to withhold any testimony, information, document, or thing; "(3) to elude legal process summoning him to testify or supply evidence; or "(4) to absent himself from an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned. "(b) A witness or prospective witness in an official proceeding commits an offense if he knowingly solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit on the representation or understanding that he will do any of the things specified in Subsection (a) of this section. "(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Benson v. State · Jones v. State

3. “"Since the indictment alleged and the evidence showed that the retaliation was for Hutchins' service as a witness before a federal grand jury, the legal issue before this Court is whether the term `witness' as used in V.T.C.A.Penal Code, Sec. 36.06(a), supra, includes a person who has appeared and given testimony before a federal grand jury. Appellant says that `the alleged victim does not fulfill the elements of the Code to be a witness. He did not testify in an official proceeding of the State government, as defined in the Code.'" 544 S.W.2d at 414”

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