Beier v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
61 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably Geesa v. State (1991), Burdine v. State (1986)
61 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Burks v. United States · Robinson v. State of California · Greene v. Massey · Powell v. Texas · Griffin 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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) A person is criminally responsible for an offense committed by the conduct of another if ... (2) acting with intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense, he solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid the other person to commit the offense....”
6 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In re A.M. · Hughitt v. State“If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about [the] 25th day of July 2007 in Galveston County, Texas, ROYCE CLYDE ZEIG-LER, II, did then and there intentionally or knowingly cause the death of Riley Ann Sawyers, an individual under six years of age, by throwing the said Riley Ann Sawyers onto the floor or by holding the said Riley Ann Sawyers under water or by holding the said Riley Ann Sawyers’ mouth and nose against a pillow or by a manner and means unknown to the Grand Jury and you further believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on said date in said County and State, the Defendant KIMBERLY DAWN TRNOR AKA KIMBERLY DAWN ZEIGLER, acting with the intent to promote or assist the commission of Capital Murder by ROYCE CLYDE ZEIGLER, II, solicited or encouraged or directed or aided or attempted to aid the said ROYCE CLYDE ZEIGLER, II, in intentionally or knowingly causing the death of Riley Ann Sawyers, an individual under six years of age, by the said ROYCE CLYDE ZEIGLER, II, throwing the said Riley Ann Sawyers onto the floor or by holding the said Riley Ann Sawyers under water or by holding the said Riley Ann Sawyers’ mouth and nose against a pillow or by a manner and means unknown to the Grand Jury, then you will find the Defendant KIMBERLY DAWN TRENOR AKA KIMBERLY DAWN ZEIGLER guilty of Capital Murder....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Trenor v. State“In determining whether the accused participated as a party, the court may look to events occurring before, during and after the commission of the offense, and may rely on actions of the defendant which show an understanding and common design to do the prohibited act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Reed 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.