Ex Parte Mercado’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “provide juvenile court jurisdiction to that limited category of young persons who commit unlawful acts before becoming age seventeen but who, for one reason or another, have not been brought within the juvenile justice system for those acts prior to reaching seventeen years of age. Thus, the juvenile status of a person who ceased to be a child under section 51.02(1)(A) is continued for less than one year in order for the system to deal with that person until jurisdiction is terminated by law at age eighteen.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re N.J.A.

2. “(A) ten years of age or older and under 17 years of age; or (B) seventeen years of age or older and under 18 years of age who is alleged or found to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision as a result of acts committed before becoming 17 years of age.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re N.J.A.

3. “[Juvenile court] jurisdiction is terminated by law at age eighteen.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re NJA