Platter v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bordenkircher v. Hayes · 166 Tex. Crim. 301 - Edwards v. State · Young v. State · 161 Tex. Crim. 407 - Stephens v. State · 140 Tex. Crim. 387 - Roe 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) The provisions of titles 1, 2, and 3 of this code apply to offenses defined by other laws, unless the statute defining the offense provides otherwise; however, the punishment affixed to an offense defined outside this code shall be applicable unless the punishment is classi fied in accordance with this code. (Emphasis added.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Childress v. State · Jones 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.