Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 187th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Illinois v. Allen · Doerr v. Doerr · Sorrell v. Dayton Women's Health Center, Inc. · Harris v. State · Long 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Less overt, but just as harmful, is the interference that a physical restraint causes with a Defendant's thought processes, the use of his mental faculties, and his ability to communicate with counsel during trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Davis v. State“[P]hysical restraints are an affront to the court and its proceedings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Davis 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.