Bledsoe v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 244th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Manufacturers Hanover Leasing Corp. v. Lowrey · Adanandus v. State · Lawton v. State · Schiro v. Farley, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison, Ante, P. 222 · Cooper v. State
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In all prosecutions for felonies, the defendant must be personally present at the trial ... provided, however, that in all cases, when the defendant voluntarily absents himself after pleading to the indictment or information, or after the jury has been selected when trial is before a jury, the trial may proceed to its conclusion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Kerr v. State · Smith 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.