Ex Parte Lucke’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 5 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The fact that the offense to which appellant pleaded guilty requires the use of a deadly weapon does not affect the outcome. Appellant admitted his use of the weapon, so the State met its burden of proving all elements of the offense. The trial court, as trier of fact, however, simply declined to enter the additional affirmative finding in the judgment. [Therefore, the] argument that [defendant] was ineligible for probation is overruled.”

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