Arevalo v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently March 2001
5 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 49th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Almanza v. State · Carlsen v. State · Stewart v. State · Smith 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.
“V. Now if you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the 7th day of March, 1986, in Webb County, Texas, the defendant SIMON AREVALO, did then and there knowingly abduct another person, to-wit: Guadalupe Martinez and without Guadalupe Martinez’s consent did then and there restrain Guadalupe Martinez with intent to prevent liberation of Guadalupe Martinez by secreting and holding him in a place where he was not likely to be found with the intent to terrorize the said Guadalupe Martinez and you further find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did not voluntarily release Guadalupe Martinez alive and in a safe place, you will find the defendant guilty of the offense of Aggravated Kidnapping and so say by your verdict, but if you do not so believe, or if you have a reasonable doubt thereof, you will acquit the defendant of the offense of aggravated kidnapping and proceed to consider whether the defendant is guilty of a lesser included offense of aggravated kidnapping. VI. Now if you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the 7th day of March, 1986, in Webb County, Texas, the defendant SIMON AREVALO, did then and there knowingly abduct another person, to-wit: Guadalupe Martinez and without Guadalupe Martinez’s consent did then and there restrain Guadalupe Martinez with intent to prevent liberation of Guadalupe Martinez by secreting and holding him in a place where he was not likely to be found with the intent to terroriz”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Arevalo v. State“If you have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the offense of aggravated kidnapping, and you further find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did not voluntarily release (victim) alive and in a safe place you will so state in your verdict, but if you do not so believe or if you have a reasonable doubt thereof, you will find that the defendant did voluntarily release (victim) alive and in a safe place. M. McCOR-MICK & T. BLACKWELL, TEXAS CRIMINAL FORMS AND TRIAL MANUAL § 94.03 (Texas Practice 1985).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Arevalo v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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