Ex Parte Spicuzza’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 339th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Santobello v. New York · Cuyler v. Sullivan · Local 408, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Labor Relations Board · Mabry v. Johnson · Mabry v. Johnson
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“although Texas trial judges are not expressly prohibited by law from participating in a plea bargaining session, the Court of Criminal Appeals has suggested that `a trial judge should not participate in any plea bargain agreement discussions until an agreement has been reached between the prosecutor and the defendant'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Warner
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.