Ex Parte Burkett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Words used in a statute to define an offense need not be strictly pursued in the indictment; it is sufficient to use other words conveying the same meaning, or which include the sense of the statutory words."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. State · Sifford v. State

2. ““... AUDREE LACY [sic] MCCULLAR, hereinafter styled Defendant, on or about the 24th day of June One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty-Two and anterior to the presentment of this indictment, in the County of El Paso and State of Texas, did then and there unlawfully with intent to deceive and with knowledge of the statement’s meaning the said AUDREE LACY [sic] MCCULLAR made a false statement under oath, to-wit: that he had never been in the penitentiary anywhere, said statement being required or authorized by law to be made under oath, and said statement was a material statement, and was made during or in connection with an official proceeding, to-wit: a Writ of Habeas Corpus, ...””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Yarbrough v. State · McCullar v. State

3. ““The applicable elements of aggravated perjury, as defined in Chapter 37 of the Penal Code, are: 1. A person; 2. With intent to deceive; 3. With knowledge of the statement’s meaning; 4. Makes a material false statement under oath; 5. When the law authorized or required the statement to be made under oath; 6. During or in connection with an official proceeding.””

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