Williamson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The ‘shock’ is being incarcerated in a penitentiary operated by TDC for a reasonable period of time, not being confined in a county jail run by the local sheriff. Tamez v. State, [ 620 S.W.2d 586 ], at 588-589, n. 3.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. State

2. ““Further, the language in the statute giving the trial court jurisdiction for 180 days 'from the date the execution of the sentence actually begins’ means the date the sentence is pronounced.””

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