Chavez v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
23
cited by 23 later decisions
1
states following
November 1991
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lugo-Lugo v. State · Barecky v. State · Ex Parte Thomas · Bravo v. State · Williams 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(A) a firearm or anything manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of inflicting death or serious bodily injury; or “(B) anything that in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thomas v. State“guilty of murder as charged in the indictment”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Fransaw v. Lynaugh
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.