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← 572 S.W.2d 716 - Ex Parte Eldridge

Ex Parte Eldridge’s Empirical Analysis

1978

Citation profile

10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
April 1992
most recently cited

10 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Tew v. State · Suarez v. State · Chapple v. State · Carpenter v. State

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

  1. “The information is also defective in failing to allege that the rape alleged to have been previously committed was a felony involving an act of violence or threatened violence. This is an essential element, since some felonies-including rape-can be committed with or without violence or threats of violence.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “(a) A person who has been convicted of a felony involving an act of violence or threatened violence to a person or property commits an offense if he possesses a firearm away from the premises where he lives. (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.