Grimm v. Garner’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “District courts are empowered by the Texas Constitution to ‘issue writs of ha-beas corpus, mandamus, injunction, and certiorari, and all writs necessary to enforce their jurisdiction.... ’ Tex.Const. art. V, § 8. We have interpreted that power to be a grant of distinct jurisdiction, carrying the substantive power to issue the writs named in all cases in which courts of law or equity under settled rules would have the power to issue them, whether they be necessary to enforce some jurisdiction given by other constitutional provisions or not.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Borunda

2. “Section 1. A court shall grant a motion to set aside an indictment, information, or complaint if the state is not ready for trial within: ... (4) 30 days of the commencement of a criminal action if the defendant is accused of a misdemean- or punishable by a fine only. Sec. 2. . (b) If a defendant is to be retried following a mistrial, an order granting a new trial, or an appeal or collateral attack, a criminal action commences for purposes of this article on the date of the mistrial, the order granting a new trial, or the remand.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Grimm v. Garner

3. “the State was not ready for trial within 30 days”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ordunez v. Bean