Ex Parte Snelson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Now, if you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the 26th day of May, 1975 in Harris County, Texas, the Defendant, DAN THOMAS, did, without the effective consent of O. D. HALLMAN, the owner, take and exercise control over the corporeal personal property of O. D. HALLMAN, to wit, cash money and a wrist watch, from the possession of 0. D. HALLMAN, with the intent then and there to deprive O. D. HALLMAN of said cash money and wrist watch, intentionally and knowingly threatened or placed said owner in fear of imminent bodily injury or death, and if you further find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that in so doing the foregoing acts, if you do so find, the Defendant used or exhibited a deadly weapon, to wit, a pistol, then you will find the Defendant guilty of aggravated robbery as charged in the indictment.” (Emphasis added.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thomas v. State · Morgan v. State

2. ““The precise question presented is whether in an aggravated robbery case fundamental error attends a charge of the court to the jury applying the law to the facts which omits the specific intent element of robbery as alleged in the indictment — ‘with intent to obtain and maintain control of the property’ — but, instead states it as ‘with intent to appropriate the property.’ When, as here, the charge elsewhere instructs the jury that ‘appropriate’ means ‘to acquire or otherwise exercise control over property other than real property.’ we find that such a charge is not fatally defective.” pp. 834 — 5.”

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