Davila v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 30 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 243rd Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Batson v. Kentucky · In Re King's Estate · JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TB · Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] motion for new trial is a prerequisite to presenting a point of error on appeal only when necessary to adduce facts not in the record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Washington v. State“it [an appellate court] may proceed further to review factual sufficiency if it is properly raised”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jackson 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.