Gaston v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
March 2008
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 33rd Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Ursery · Rousseau v. State · Ex Parte Ariza
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“does not constitute sudden passion arising out of adequate cause. See TEX. PEN.CODE ANN. § 19.02(a)(1) (defining adequate cause as anger, rage, resentment, or terror, in a person of ordinary temper”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cleveland v. State“went blank or into a trance, stopped thinking, felt hurt and angry, and lost control of himself”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cleveland v. State
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.