DeVaughn v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"... on or about the 7th day of August, A.D., 1982, Lemard DeVaughn did then and there intentionally and knowingly enter a habitation which is located in the general vicinity of the 7400 block of Hidden Oak, Live Oak, Bexar County, Texas, and therein attempted to commit and committed theft, without the effective consent of Joyce Ernest, the owner of said habitation....” 1”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. DeVaughn v. State · DeVaughn v. State

2. ““The defendant takes exception to the indictment in this cause in that the document fails to allege and therefore fails to inform the defendant as to the elements of theft and attempted theft in that there is no allegation of: (a) The property which was stolen or attempted to be stolen. (c) [sic] The owner of the stolen property or the property which was attempted to be stolen. (d) That the said property was taken without the effective consent of the owner of the property. (e) The manner in which such consent was not effective as to the owner of the property. (f) That such property was appropriated by the defendant with the intent to deprive the owner of such property. (g) The value of the property which was stolen or attempted to be stolen. (h) That the same was committed with a culpable mental state.””

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