Cortez v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 1994
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Houston v. State · Wilson v. State · Johnson v. State · Boyd 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. The informer participated in the offense; 2. Was present at the time of the offense or arrest; or 3. Was otherwise shown to be a material witness to the transaction or as to whether the defendant knowingly committed the offense charged.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bodin 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.