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← 63 SW3D 865 - Gonzalez v. State

Gonzalez v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2001

Citation profile

7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
September 2011
most recently cited

7 state decisions

Appellate journey

reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 337th Judicial District Court)

Relationships

Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Wheat v. United States · Clewis v. State · Johnson v. State · Malik 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.

  1. “Rule 3.08 of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, provides in part: (a) A lawyer shall not accept or continue employment as an advocate before a tribunal in a contemplated or pending adjudicatory proceeding if the lawyer knows or believes that the lawyer is or may be a witness necessary to establish an essential fact on behalf of the lawyer’s client, unless: (1) the testimony relates to an uncontested issue; (2) the testimony will relate solely to a matter of formality and there is no reason to believe that substantial evidence will be offered in opposition to the testimony; (3) the testimony relates to the nature and value of legal services rendered in the case; (4) the lawyer is a party to the action and is appearing pro se; or (5) the lawyer has promptly notified opposing counsel that the lawyer expects to testify in the matter and disqualification of the lawyer would work substantial hardship on the client. (b) A lawyer shall not continue as an advocate in a pending adjudicatory proceeding if the lawyer believes that the lawyer will be compelled to furnish testimony that will be substantially adverse to the lawyer’s client, unless the client consents after full disclosure.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
  2. “[i]t may not be clear whether a statement by an advocate-witness should be taken as proof or as an analysis of the proof.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence

How this case has been treated — in progress

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