Martinez v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Under former Penal Code Art. 979, V.A.P.C., the instrument which was the subject of the forgery must have been made `... in such manner that the false instrument so made (if the same were true) have created, increased, diminished, discharged or defeated any pecuniary obligation, or would have transferred, or in any manner have affected any property whatever.' Under the former Code, Art. 989, V.A.P.C. defined `pecuniary obligation' as `every instrument having money for its object, and every obligation for the breach of which a civil action for damages may be lawfully brought.' "It follows that the offense of forgery as same is defined under Sec. 32.21, supra, does not require that the instrument in writing be such as to create, increase, diminish, discharge or defeat any pecuniary obligation. See Practice Commentary to Sec. 32.21, supra.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ferguson v. State · Lloyd v. State

2. “`the check set out in the indictment could not be the subject of forgery because it shows on its face to have already been honored by the bank upon which it was drawn' and `the check set out by its tenor in the indictment contains notations which the evidence shows were made after the check was passed.'”

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

3. “Paid Bexar County National Bank, San Antonio, Texas”

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