Lane v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
March 1989
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Swabado v. State · Rains v. State · Green v. State · 74 Tex. Crim. 488 - Haworth 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In the name and by the authority of the State of Texas, the Grand Jurors, good and lawful men of the County of Dallas and State of Texas, ... do present . . . that one MICHAEL DEAN LANE, ... in the County and State aforesaid, did then and there unlawfully then and there, knowingly and intentionally damage and destroy tangible property, namely: one boat, one house and furnishings, without the effective consent of Edward E. Hamilton, the owner; the said damage and destruction amounting to a pecuniary loss of over $10,000.00....””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith 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.