Harper v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 338th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Batson v. Kentucky · Ake v. Oklahoma · Harris v. State · China Everbright Trading Co. v. Timber Falling Consultants, Inc. · China Everbright Trading Co. v. Timber Falling Consultants, Inc.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We find the reasoning presented in Cream unpersuasive. Rule 609(f) precludes the use of prior convictions against a witness if the proponent of such evidence fails to give advance written notice of intent to use such evidence upon a timely written request.... If we were to read Rule 609(f) as did the Cream Court, the notice requirement would never apply unless a witness could show complete unawareness of his or her own prior convictions. Such an interpretation would render Rule 609(f) meaningless.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bryant 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.