Hill v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A criminal defendant may waive many of his rights, including the right to appeal a conviction. Hill, 929 S.W.2d at 608 [Hill v. State, 929 S.W.2d 607, 608 (Tex.App.Waco 1996, no pet.) ]; Freeman v. State, 913 S.W.2d 714, 717 (Tex.App.-Amarillo 1995, no pet.); Doyle v. State, 888 S.W.2d 514, 517 (Tex.App.-El Paso 1994, pet. ref'd); Perez v. State, 885 S.W.2d 568, 570 (Tex.App.-El Paso 1994, no pet.); Smith v. State, 858 S.W.2d 609, 611 (Tex.App.-Amarillo 1993, pet. refd). A knowing and intelligent waiver of the right to appeal is binding on the defendant and prevents him from appealing any issue in the cause without the consent of the court. Ex parte Tabor, 565 S.W.2d 945, 946 (Tex.Crim.App.1978); Hill, 929 S.W.2d at 608 ; Freeman, 913 S.W.2d at 717 ; Perez, 885 S.W.2d at 570 ; Smith, 858 S.W.2d at 611 . Merely filing a notice of appeal is not sufficient to overcome the waiver. Tabor, 565 S.W.2d at 946 ; Hill, 929 S.W.2d at 608 ; [Perez ], 885 S.W.2d at 568 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Blanco v. State