Gonzales v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1987
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 175th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Roberts v. State · McGee v. State · Ray v. State · Lucky v. State · Lilley v. Minute Market, Inc.
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.
“"It would be difficult to imagine a specific event more likely to cause anger, rage, resentment or terror in a person of ordinary temper than to have someone aim a gun at you and fire."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gonzales v. State
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.