Still v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A person acts recklessly, or is reckless, with respect to circumstances surrounding his conduct or the result of his conduct when he is aware of but consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur. The risk must be of such a nature and degree that its disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that an ordinary person would exercise under all the circumstances as viewed from the actor’s standpoint.”

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

2. “(b) Evidence of temporary insanity caused by intoxication may be introduced by the actor in mitigation of the penalty attached to the offense for which he is being tried. (c) When temporary insanity is relied upon as a defense and the evidence tends to show that such insanity was caused by intoxication, the court shall charge the jury in accordance with the provisions of this section.”

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

3. “means disturbance of mental or physical capacity resulting from the introduction of any substance into the body. At the time of Volanty's offense, the Texas Penal Code provided that the affirmative defense of insanity was available when the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Volanty v. Lynaugh