Robinson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 state decisions

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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““We hold that the finding by the jury that the attempt was either knowingly made or intentionally made is surplusage and that the required culpable mental state is supplied by a finding that the act was performed with the specific intent to commit the offense intended. To require an additional culpable mental state would result in a jury finding that an offense was committed intentionally with specific intent or that it was committed knowingly with specific intent. In either case a specific intent would be present and would suffice to supply the requirement of Tex.Penal Code Ann. sec. 6.02 (Vernon 1974).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Harrell v. State

2. “A person commits an offense if, with specific intent to commit an offense, he does an act amounting to more than mere preparation that tends but fails to effect the commission of the offense intended.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Baker v. State