Morris v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
November 1985
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cumbie v. State · Robinson v. State · Dowden v. State · Gooden v. State · Dirck 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The evil of the charge that enlarges on the indictment is that it authorizes conviction on proof different from (and sometimes less than) that required to prove the allegations in the indictment. That evil is not present in this case, because proof of threatening and placing in fear of death is not different from (or less than) proof of threatening and placing in fear of bodily injury. “Bodily injury” means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition. V.A. P.C., Section 1.07(a)(7). Death necessarily involves impairment of physical condition (if not pain and illness), so “death” necesarily includes “bodily injury”. Therefore every “threatening and placing in fear of death” necessarily includes “threatening and placing in fear of bodily injury;” proof of the former is not different from (or less than) proof of the latter. The evil presented by the charge that enlarges on the indictment is not present in this case. ..”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Arnold v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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