Simpson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 179th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Burks v. United States · Greene v. Massey · United States v. Security Industrial Bank · Florida v. Royer · United States v. Sheikh
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.
“(2) represents the substance to be a controlled substance in a manner that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the substance is a controlled substance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Boykin v. State“A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally ... delivers a simulated controlled substance and the person:”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Boykin v. State“expressly represented the substance to be a controlled substance, namely cocaine,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Boykin 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.