Suniga v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
June 1996
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 166th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Lugo v. State · Hopkins v. State · Butler v. State · Sanders 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We are of the opinion that under the charge as submitted, one of the elements of the offense that the State had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt was the presence of appellant at the time and place of the alleged crime. Appellant’s defense merely negated an element of the offense and accordingly he was not entitled to a charge on alibi.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Villarreal v. State““Unless you so find beyond a reasonable doubt, or if you have a reasonable doubt thereof, you will find the defendant not guilty of aggravated assault serious bodily injury as charged in Count II, Paragraph A of the indictment.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Villarreal 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.