Briggs v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1201 (International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Brady v. United States · Schmerber v. State of California · McMann v. Richardson · Griffith v. Kentucky · United States v. Jackson
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The fact that [the defendant's] roll of the dice did not turn out as favorably as it might have had he proceeded to trial is not a ground for invalidating his plea.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“When Briggs waived her right to have a jury determine her guilt or innocence and did not contest her guilt, she did so under the law then existing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.