Caughorn v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"(a) A defendant may be prosecuted in a single criminal action for all offenses arising out of the same criminal episode. "(b) When a single criminal action is based on more than one charging instrument within the jurisdiction of the trial court, the state shall file written notice of the action not less than 30 days prior to the trial."”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Simmons v. State · LaPorte v. State

2. ““Accordingly, even though appellant pleaded guilty tó two indictments charging similar offenses, this did not constitute a single criminal action because the State had not filed the written notice necessary to achieve such results. Since these causes did not constitute one criminal action under Sec. 3.02, supra, the prohibition against the cumulation of sentences provided in Sec. 3.03, supra, does not apply.””

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

3. “Therefore, we hold that a defendant is prosecuted in “a single criminal action” whenever allegations and evidence of more than one offense arising out of the same criminal episode, as that term is defined in Chapter 3, are presented in a single trial or plea proceeding, whether pursuant to one charging instrument or several, and the provisions of Section 3.03 then apply.”

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