Chavez v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 240th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Martinez-Villareal v. Arizona · Crank v. State · Mason Braswell v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida · Walker v. State · Collazo 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) Whether there were particular circumstances, other than the mere fact of the violation, which would tend to show the defendant or his counsel consented, procured or otherwise had knowledge of the witness’s presence in the courtroom, as well as knowledge of the content of that witness’s testimony; and, (2) If no particular circumstances existed to justify disqualification, was the excluded testimony crucial to the defense?”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Davis 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.