Hicks v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 174th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Griffin v. California · Lawson v. Credithrift of America · David W. McKay v. Texas · Harris v. State · Lewis v. Diethorn
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any defendant in a criminal action shall be permitted to testify in his own behalf therein, but the failure of any defendant to so testify shall not be taken as a circumstance against him, nor shall the same be alluded to or commented on by counsel.”
2 later decisions 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.