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← 807 SW2D 338 - Edwards v. State

Edwards v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1991

Citation profile

17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
February 2003
most recently cited

17 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Butler v. State · Rose v. State · Rhyne v. State · Tollett v. State · Johnson 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “The Legislature shall by law establish a Board of Pardons and Paroles and shall require it to keep record of its actions and the reasons for its action. The Legislature shall have authority to enact parole laws and laws that require or permit Courts to inform juries about the effect of good conduct time and eligibility for parole or mandatory supervision on the period of incarceration served by a defendant convicted of a criminal offense.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “In accordance with Tex.Const. art. 17, § 1, the constitution was duly amended by the people of the state of Texas. The Legislature, by itself, did not usurp any of appellant’s rights through the reen actment of article 37.07. The people, through a constitutional amendment, authorized the jury instruction given in this case.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.