Collins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 52 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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Appellant must show that the evidence was in fact newly discovered, that it was material, that the failure to discover it sooner or locate the witness was not due to a lack of diligence,, that the new evidence is probably true, and a different result would probably be reached if the new evidence is introduced at a second trial. Williams v. State, supra; Peak v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 522 S.W.2d 907 . A failure by appellant to establish any of the essential requirements would warrant the trial court in refusing to grant a new trial. See Myers v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 527 S.W.2d 307 ; Ayala v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 511 S.W.2d 284 .””

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

2. ““(b) On conclusion of the presentation of the evidence [at the punishment phase of a capital murder trial], the court shall submit the following issues to the. jury: ****** (2) whether there is a probability that the defendant would commit criminal acts of violence that would constitute a continuing threat to society;””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. O'BRYAN v. State

3. “(a) A person commits an offense if he commits murder as defined under Section 19.-02(a)(1) of this code and: (2) the person intentionally commits the murder in the course of committing or attempting to commit ... robbery,”

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