Malley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In order to determine whether this motion was timely filed, we must consider the relief granted by the Court of Criminal Appeals: “For purposes of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, all time limits shall be calculated as if the convictions had been entered on the day that the mandate of this Court issues.” The opinion does not mention filing a motion for new trial, presumably because Mal-ley did not raise the issue with the Court of Criminal Appeals, but the grant of relief was broad enough to encompass the filing of a motion for new trial because motions for new trial are filed pursuant to the Rules of Appellate Procedure.”

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

2. “Under the civil appellate rules, this court would not be authorized to grant the State relief because the State did not file a notice of appeal. Tex.R.App. P. 25.1(c). However, the criminal analog has no such provision. See Tex.R.App. P. 25.2(a).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Norris Shannon Baines v. State

3. “a ruling on a question of law if the defendant is convicted in the case and appeals the judgment.”

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