Castillo v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[d]id then and there intentionally and knowingly cause serious bodily injury to Tristón Castillo, a child 14 years or younger by then and there striking the child with a deadly weapon, to wit: the defendant’s hands or by striking the child’s head against a deadly weapon, to wit: a wall or a floor.”

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

2. “Early on it was stated: The rule is universal ... that the [jury] charge must be limited to the allegations in the indictment. A jury would not be authorized to convict appellant of any other offense than that specifically charged, and the court should confine the consideration of the jury in the charge to the allegations contained in the indictment. Emerson v. State, 54 Tex.Crim. 628 , 114 S.W. 834, 835 (1908); see also Gooden v. State, 140 Tex. Crim. 347 , 145 S.W.2d 177, 178 (1940). "It is fundamentally wrong to authorize a conviction on any state of facts other than those which support the finding of the truth of the indictment.” Moore v. State, 84 Tex.Crim. 256 , 206 S.W. 683, 684 (Tex.Crim. App.1918); see also Dowden v. State, 537 S.W.2d 5, 6 (Tex.Crim.App.1976). This is true even if no trial objection is made. See Robinson v. State, 553 S.W.2d 371, 374-75 (Tex.Crim.App.1977).”

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

3. “recklessly engage[d] in conduct that caused serious bodily injury to [child victim] by then and there shaking or striking the [victim] with a deadly weapon, to wit: the defendant's hands, or by striking the child's head with a deadly weapon, to wit: a wall or floor.”

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