Wooldridge v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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25 state decisions

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

1. ““The phrase ‘in the course of committing or attempting to commit ...’ as used in Sec. 19.03(a)(2), supra, is not defined in the Penal Code. Section 29.01(1) of the code, however, does define ‘In the course of committing theft.’ That phrase is given the definition of ‘conduct that occurs in an attempt to commit, during the commission, or in immediate flight after the attempt or commission of theft.’ We similarly construe the phrase of Sec. 19.03(a)(2) to mean conduct occurring in an attempt to commit, during the commission, or in immediate flight after the attempt or commission of the offense, i.e., in this case, of robbery.””

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

2. “"The responsibility of having a ‘firm command of the facts of the case as well as governing law' in order to assist and advise one criminally accused is not one placed on the State See Ex parte Duffy, 607 S.W.2d 507 (Tex.Cr.App.1980).””

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

3. ““It is well settled that if there is some evidence corroborative of a confession, the confession may be used to establish the ‘corpus delecti’ [sic].... ””

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