Huggins v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently January 2010 · most notably Grunsfeld v. State (1992), Grunsfeld v. State (1991)
28 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.
Relationships
Relies on Washington v. Harper · Murphy v. State · DeRusse v. State · Maddox v. State · Earnhart 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[E]vidence may, as permitted by the rules of evidence, be offered by the state and the defendant as to any matter the court deems relevant to sentencing.... (Emphasis added.)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Holland v. State · Hubbard v. State“Regardless of the plea and whether the punishment be assessed by the judge or the jury, evidence may, as permitted by the Rules of Evidence, be offered by the state and the defendant as to any matter the court deems relevant to sentencing, including the prior criminal record of the defendant, his general reputation and his character. The term pri- or criminal record means a final conviction in a court of record, or a probated or suspended sentence that has occurred prior to trial, or any final conviction material to the offense charged.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Coy v. State · Hubbard v. State“Article 37.071 is a completely different punishment scheme from article 37.07. The capital murder jury must answer questions, they do not determine any number of years. One of those questions is whether there is a probability that the defendant would commit acts of violence that would constitute a continuing threat to society. Thus, the focus is different. Also, there is a marked difference between the actual language in the sections. Article 37.-071 is simple and straightforth, "In the proceeding, evidence may be presented as to any matter that the court deems relevant to sentence.” While article 37.07 does have that language, there is additional language. This additional language defines “prior criminal record.” Sound principles of statutory construction require that this court presume that every word in a statute is used for a purpose. Polk v. State, 676 S.W.2d 408, 410 (Tex.Crim.App. 1984). The majority’s interpretation ignores this principle. Article 37.071 was in place before the recent amendment to article 37.07, section 3(a). The legislature could have deleted all references to "prior criminal record” but chose not to do so. Therefore, we must continue to give meaning to that phrase as defined.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Grunsfeld 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.