Manuel v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
11 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 263rd Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Alexander v. State · 164 Tex. Crim. 226 - Pelham v. State · Herrera v. State · Coleman v. State · Wheeler 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... When the quantity of a substance possessed is so small that it cannot be quantitatively measured, there must be evidence other than its mere possession to prove that the defendant knew the substance in his possession was a controlled substance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Joseph 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.