Hubbard v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 state decisions

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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]t clearly appears that in the absence of statute the majority view in this country is that the matter of note-taking by jurors and their subsequent use during deliberations is left to the sound discretion of the trial court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. State

2. “Even if we assume that juror note-taking is improper, we find beyond a reasonable doubt that such alleged error made no contribution to the conviction or to the punishment. Tex.RApp.P. 81(b)(2).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Price v. State

3. “second, that by providing “any matter the court deems relevant to sentencing is admissible,” the Legislature ”invoke[d] the abuse of discretion test” and”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Grunsfeld v. State