Simmons v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2001 · most notably Russell v. State (1983), Marquez v. State (1987)
2 federal appellate · 22 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Esquivel v. State · Von Byrd v. State · Ewing v. State · Ex Parte Ewing · Ruiz 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Therefore, if you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant, Rene Martinez, together with Rudy Martinez as a party, in Bexar County, Texas, on or about the 7th day of April, A.D., 1980, did with intent to promote or assist Rudy Martinez in the commission of the offense, intentionally or knowingly cause the death of an individual, to-wit: Gerald Johnston, by shooting Gerald Johnston with a gun, by soliciting, encouraging, directing, aiding or attempting to aid Rudy Martinez to commit such offense, you will find the defendant, Rene Martinez guilty of murder. If you do not so believe, or if you have a reasonable doubt thereof, you will find the defendant, Rene Martinez not guilty of murder and next consider whether the defendant, Rene Martinez is guilty of voluntary manslaughter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Martinez v. State“The independent impulse defense, as applicable to Sec. 7.02(b) prosecutions, rests on creation of a reasonable doubt that the offense charged was not committed `in furtherance of the unlawful purpose' ... of the conspiracy. Where some evidence is presented that might support such a reasonable doubt on the issue, a jury charge on the defensive matter should be given.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mayfield v. State“should have been anticipated as a result of carrying out the conspiracy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mayfield v. State
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.