Morales v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
May 2008
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Alvarado v. State · Beggs v. State · Kelly v. State · Banks v. State · Haggins 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence, by act or intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly by omission, engages in conduct that causes to a child ...: (1) serious bodily injury[.] ****** (c) In this section: (1) “Child" means a person 14 years of age or younger.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Hill v. State · Calhoun v. State““Conduct” means an act or omission and its accompanying mental state. A person acts intentionally, or with intent, with respect to a result of his conduct when it is his conscious objective or desire to cause the result. A person acts knowingly or with knowledge with respect to a result of his conduct when he is aware that his conduct is reasonably certain to cause the result.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Calhoun v. State
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.