Cantelon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) A defendant may not be convicted of an offense under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, on the testimony of a person who is not a licensed peace officer or a special investigator but who is acting covertly on behalf of a law enforcement agency or under the color of law enforcement unless the testimony is corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the offense committed. (b) Corroboration is not sufficient for the purposes of this article if the corroboration only shows the commission of the offense.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robert Watson v. State · Dennis v. State

2. “No precise rule can be formulated as to the amount of evidence required to cor- robórate. The non-accomplice evidence does not need to be in itself sufficient to . establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Nor must the non-accomplice evidence directly link the accused to the commission of the offense. While the accused’s mere presence in the company of the accomplice before, during, and after the commission of the offense is insufficient by itself to corroborate accomplice testimony, evidence of such 1 presence, coupled with other suspicious circumstances, may tend to connect the ' accused to the offense.' Even apparently insignificant' incriminating ' circumstances may sometimes afford satisfactory evidence of corroboration.”

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

3. “generally have an incentive or hope for personal gain,”

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