Moss v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 124th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Santobello v. New York · Doerr v. Doerr · Sorrell v. Dayton Women's Health Center, Inc. · Long v. State · Fuller 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the number of exhibits offered; (2) their gruesomeness, detail, and size; (3) whether they are black and white or color; (4) whether they are close-up; (5) whether the body is naked or clothed; and (6) the availability of other means of proof and the circumstances unique to each individual case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Williams 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.