Meyers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “Sec. 3d. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) of this section, when in its opinion the best interest of society and the defendant will be served, the court may, after receiving a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo contendere, hearing the evidence, and finding that it substantiates the defendant’s guilt, defer further proceedings without entering an adjudication of guilt and place the defendant on probation for a period as the court may prescribe, not to exceed the maximum period of imprisonment prescribed for the offense for which the defendant is charged. The court may impose a fine applicable to the offense and require any reasonable terms and conditions of probation, including any of the conditions enumerated in Sections 6, 6a, and 6c of this Article, [emphasis added]”

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

2. “Meyers asserts that, even though his probation qualifies under article 42.13, it was not “court ordered supervision” because he was not actually supervised by a probation officer. This question is controlled by Failla, 619 S.W.2d 215 , which stands for the proposition that court ordered supervision arises when a defendant is “ordered to comply with the conditions detailed in the order granting pro-bation_” Id. at 217 . In order to constitute court ordered supervision, a defendant need only be ordered to comply with conditions; it is not necessary to require that he report to a probation officer. Accordingly, we hold that Meyers is not entitled to expunction under article 55.01.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Texas Department of Public Safety v. P.E.

3. “The purpose of article 55.01 is “to allow those persons who were wrongfully arrested to expunge those arrest records.” Texas Department of Public Safety v. Failla, 619 S.W.2d 215, 217 (Tex.Civ.App.—Texarkana 1981, no writ). Article 55.01 was “never intended to allow a person who is arrested, pleads guilty to an offense, and receives probation pursuant to a guilty plea to expunge arrest and court records concerning that offense.” Id. Expunction is available only when all of the statutory conditions have been met. Texas Comm’n on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education v. Watlington, 656 S.W.2d 666 , 668 (Tex.App.—Tyler 1983, writ ref'd).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Texas Department of Public Safety v. P.E.