Briddle v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 73 state decisions

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

1. “Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any statement which contains assertions of facts or circumstances that are found to be true and which conduce to establish the guilt of the accused, such as the finding of secreted or stolen property or the instrument with which he states the offense was committed.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. State · Ebert v. State

2. “The general rule is that any impropriety in the prosecutorial argument is waived by a defendant's failure to make a proper and timely objection [citation omitted] An exception exists where the prosecutor's argument is so prejudicial that an instruction to disregard will not cure the harm.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Valencia v. State · Cockrell v. State

3. ““The State’s chief witness was Linda Joyce Fletcher, appellant’s former wife. The record reflects the couple married in California. On February 14,1980, the couple began hitchhiking to Florida with a few clothes and $30.00. They were joined in Arizona by Pamela Perillo. On February 22, 1980, after reaching Houston the three were hitchhiking near the Astrodome when they were picked up by the alleged deceased, Robert Banks. Banks was in the process of moving to another house and the three hitchhikers assisted him in moving some of his belongings. Banks treated them to dinner. When Banks paid for the meal, Fletcher and Perillo observed he had several hundred dollars in his wallet, and Perillo told appellant about the money. Appellant, his wife (Fletcher) and Perillo spent the night at Banks’ house and then helped him move other belongings the next day. In the process the appellant discovered Banks had some guns. When Banks took a shower appellant telephoned a friend in California and invited him to come to Texas as he (appellant) ‘had a pigeon out here with lots of money and guns.’ Appellant proposed a robbery, but the California friend declined. Banks then took his three guests to a carnival and rodeo at the Astrodome. There Perillo told appellant she wanted to kill Banks and appellant answered ‘Okay.’ He then went off to do some ‘planning,’ telling Perillo to relax when she agitated to ‘do it tonight.’ After the rodeo Banks and his guests went to dinner and returned to Banks’ ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Briddle v. Scott