Riddle v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Although the Commissioner of Health has been authorized by the Legislature to add to, to delete from, and to reschedule substances in the five schedules of the Controlled Substances Act, the commissioner has not been authorized to add substances to or delete substances from the four penalty groups of the act. We observe that the Controlled Substances Act does not provide penalties for possession and delivery of substances unless they are included in one of the four penalty groups of the act. . . . ” 3”

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

2. ““The following substances are dangerous drugs regulated by the provisions of Chapter 425, Acts of the 56th Legislature, Regular Session, 1959, as amended (Article 726d, Vernon’s Texas Penal Code): “(3) any substance that bears the legend: Caution: federal law prohibits dispensing without prescription; . . . ””

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

3. ““(a) Except as authorized by this Act, a person commits an offense if he knowingly or intentionally manufactures, delivers or possesses with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 1, 2, 3, or 4.””

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