Wilson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently May 2003
9 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Sattiewhite v. State · Gooden v. State · 84 Tex. Crim. 256 - Moore v. State · Flinn v. State · Gooden 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.
““Now, bearing in mind the foregoing instructions, if you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, that the Defendant, Keith Little, on or about the 24th day of July, 1975, in the County of Walker, and State of Texas, as alleged in the indictment, did then and there while in the course of committing theft and with intent to obtain property of John Sowell, to-wit: Money and cigarettes, without the effective consent of the said John Sowell, and with intent to deprive the said John Sowell of said property, did then and there intentionally or knowingly or recklessly cause bodily injury to John Sowell by striking the said John Sowell with his fists, you will find the Defendant guilty of the offense of robbery and so say by your verdict, but if you do not so believe, or if you have a reasonable doubt thereof, you will acquit the Defendant, and say by your verdict, Not guilty.” (Emphasis added)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Little v. State“The Constitution of the State of Texas mandates that before entering upon the duties of office each Judge of this Court ... must swear or affirm that he will faithfully execute the duties of office and `will to the best of his ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and laws' of the State of Texas ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Meshell v. State“intentionally and knowingly causes serious bodily injury to another.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Reed 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.