McGee v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
May 1988
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Williams v. State · Castillo v. State · Eaton 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"`Owner' means a person who has title to the property, possession of the property, whether lawful or not, or a greater right to possession of the property than the actor."”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Ellett v. State · Turner v. State“as generally defined in the Texas Penal Code. Under Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 1.07(a)(24) (West), the owner of property is one who has (1) title, (2) possession, or (3) a greater right to possession than the defendant. Prior case law had held that alternative (3) only applied in cases of joint interest in the property between the”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Carter v. Estelle“was that he somehow had a greater right to possession of the property than did appellant. This Court has held, however, that the”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smallwood v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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