Herring v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “While the law of parties makes an accused criminally responsible, under some circumstances, for the conduct of another, see section 7.02, it does not alter the definition of the conduct constituting an offense. On the contrary, the language in section 7.02, making an accused vicariously responsible for aiding another “to commit the offense,” still requires conduct constituting an offense plus an intentional act by the accused to promote or assist such conduct. 5”

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

2. “did unlawfully then and there knowingly engage in an act of sexual contact with Danny Burks, by then and there allowing the said Danny Burks, to touch his genitals, with the intent to arouse and gratify the sexual desire of defendant, while said persons were in a public place...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Herring v. State

3. ““(a) A person is criminally responsible for an offense committed by the conduct of another if: “(2) acting with intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense, he solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid the other person to commit the offense.... ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Beier v. State