Rivera v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently February 2018 · most notably McFarland v. State (1996), Cook v. State (1994)
2 federal appellate · 49 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 Jackson v. Virginia · Brady v. State of Maryland · Jurek v. Texas · 165 Tex. Crim. 602 - Nixon 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Now, if you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that ... Nicholas Edwards did intentionally or knowingly, while in the course of committing theft of property, and with intent to obtain and maintain control of said property, cause bodily injury to Percy West-moreland and said Percy Westmoreland was then and there older than sixty-four years of age, and that ... Frankie Green, acted with intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense by Nicholas Edwards by encouraging, aiding, or attempting to aid Nicholas Edwards to commit the aforesaid offense, by entering into an agreement with Nicholas Edwards to rob Percy Westmore-land and being present when Nicholas Edwards robbed Percy Westmoreland, or by fleeing the scene of the robbery and assisting Nicholas Edwards in fleeing the scene of the robbery and the defendant, Frankie Green, knew that Nicholas Edwards had robbed Percy Westmoreland, or entered into an agreement with Nicholas Edwards to rob Percy Westmore-land and assisted Nicholas Edwards in hiding the proceeds of the robbery[,] then you will find the defendant, Frankie Green, guilty of aggravated robbery as charged in the indictment.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Green v. State · McFarland v. State“The State need neither plead nor prove a burglar's intent to commit a felony or theft upon entry under (a)(3) of V.T.C.A., Penal Code 30.02.”
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.