Polanco v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 state decisions

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

1. “In LaPorte v. State, 840 S.W.2d 412, 415 (Tex.Crim.App.1992) the court held that a defendant is prosecuted in a “single criminal action” whenever allegations and evidence of more than one offense arising out of the same criminal episode are presented in a single trial or plea proceeding. Ex Parte Pharr, 897 S.W.2d 795 (Tex.Crim.App.1995), citing LaPorte clarified the situation somewhat. In a post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus, Pharr claimed he had been tried in a single criminal action, therefore his two convictions should not have been cumulated. The court said the statement of facts showed Pharr pleaded guilty, was admonished, was found guilty and was sentenced in the first case. Immediately thereafter, the same litany occurred in the second case. The court held the record supported the trial court’s finding that Pharr was not tried in a single criminal action and denied the relief.”

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