Crowder v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Once he departed from his assigned area and entered a restricted portion of the prison facility, appellant was no longer in the custody of the prison officials. The fact that the appellant did not breach the prison's outer boundary has no bearing on this issue. Viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict, we find that a rational trier of fact could have found beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant made an unauthorized departure from custody.”

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

2. “Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 38.07 (c)(2). The relevant facts were that the defendant was discovered missing from his cell at the prison facility in which he was incarcerated when an evening count of the inmates was taken. His bed had been stuffed with books and clothing to make it appear that it was occupied. Officials quickly determined he was not in any”

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