Houston v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 1988
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sandstrom v. Montana · Brasfield v. State · Mercado v. State · Ex Parte Prior · Whitmore 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he definition merely provides that in order to prove the culpable mental state of intent, evidence must be presented which proves beyond a reasonable doubt that it was an accused's 'conscious objective or desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dowden v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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