Ex parte Pruitt’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
November 1990
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Reynolds v. State · Ex Parte Winton · 95 Tex. Crim. 625 - Pospishel v. State · Pollard v. State · Carpenter v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“1. That it does not appear therefrom that an offense against the law was committed by the defendant; 2. That it appears from the face thereof that a prosecution for the offense is barred by a lapse of time, or that the offense was committed after the finding of the indictment; 3. That it contains matter which is a legal defense or bar to the prosecution; and 4. That it shows upon its face that the court trying the case has no jurisdiction thereof. 7”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Studer v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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