Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““As we noted in Baldwin v. State, 538 S.W.2d 109, 111 (Tex.Cr.App.1976): ‘Ordinarily an indictment which charges an offense in the terms of the statute is sufficient.’ “However, see also 1 Branch’s Ann.P.C., 2d ed., Sec. 514, p. 496: ‘It is not always sufficient to follow the language of the statute. There are cases that require greater particularity, either from the obvious intention of the Legislature or from the application of known principles of law.’ ””

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

2. ““did then and there unlawfully appropriate property, namely fifty six tubes of fiberglass, of the value of over two hundred dollars and under ten thousand dollars, with the intent to deprive the owner, C. R. Bergstrom, of the property, knowing at the time that said property had been unlawfully obtained by another and that said property was stolen.””

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

3. ““allege whether the appellant exercised control of the property without the owner’s effective consent, as required by Section 31.03(b)(1), or whether he exercised control over the property obtained by another, which was stolen property, knowing it was stolen, as required by Section 31.03(b)(2).” at p. 600.”

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