Padgett v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““To determine whether a state is collaterally estopped from relitigating an issue in a criminal case, the Supreme Court offered the following guidance: ‘[A court should] ... examine the record of a prior proceeding, taking into account the pleadings, evidence, charge, and other relevant matter, and conclude whether a rational jury could have grounded its verdict upon an issue other than that which the defendant seeks to foreclose from consideration [footnote omitted]. The inquiry must be set in a practical frame and viewed with an eye to all the circumstances of the proceedings.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex parte Mathes

2. “reached by all members of the jury. The appellant contends the court erred in not accepting the jury's verdict with Special Issue No. 2 unanswered. It is observed that the above events occurred on August 20, 1981, a few days before the 1981 amendment to Article 37.071 (Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2673, ch. 725, § 1, eff. August 31, 1981). The 1981 amendment requires the trial court to sentence a defendant to life imprisonment if the jury is unable to answer any special issue submitted. Thus”

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

3. ““Where there is a probability that the defendant would commit criminal acts of violence that would constitute a continuing threat to society? “Answer Yes or No.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex parte Mathes