Buchanan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In this case, appellant introduced evidence at the guilt phase of trial that indicated safe release. However, he introduced no evidence whatsoever on the issue during the punishment phase of the trial, nor was the evidence adduced at the guilt phase reoffered at the punishment phase. We hold that the evidence must be presented during the punishment phase. Such a holding is required for several practical reasons. For example, there is no guarantee that appellant will be sentenced by the same judge who presides over the guilt phase of the trial. Unless evidence of safe release is presented at the punishment phase, the sentencing judge will not have the benefit of such mitigating evidence. Also, there is the possibility that several months will pass between the trial and the sentencing. In fact, such is the situation in this case. Appellant was found guilty on October 15, 1993, but he was not sentenced until December 3,1993. 1 Because of the passage of time and the number of cases heard by our criminal courts, it would be unreasonable to expect our district judges to recall minute details from the guilt phase of the trial.” Bu chanan v. State, 881 S.W.2d 376, 378 (Tex. App. — Houston [1st Dist] 1994) (Emphasis in original).”

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

2. “(a) Perfection of Appeal. In a criminal case, appeal is perfected by timely filing a notice of appeal.... (b) Form and Sufficiency of Notice. (1) Notice must be given in writing and filed with the trial court clerk. (2) Notice is sufficient if it shows the party’s desire to appeal from the judgment or other appealable order,....”

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