Wheatly v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 1995
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 178th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Rose v. State · Haynie v. State · Olivarez v. State · Austin v. State · Martinez 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In assessing punishment that fits the crime, you’re free to look at the Charge, specifically page three. Under the law applicable in this ease if the defendant is sentenced to a term of imprisonment he’ll not become eligible for parole until actual time served equals one-third of the sentence imposed or 20 years, whichever is less. You’re free to read that along with everything else in the Charge. Will not become eligible for parole until actual time served equals one third of the sentence imposed or 20 years, whichever is less. Look at it as well as the rest of the charge.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Valencia 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.