Ex Parte Mallares’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 state decisions

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

1. “When a defendant has been detained in custody or held to bail for his appearance to answer any criminal accusation before the district court, the prosecution, unless otherwise ordered by the court, for good cause shown, supported by affidavit, shall be dismissed and the bail discharged, if indictment or information be not presented against such defendant at the next term of the court which is held after his commitment or admission to bail.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ex Parte Martin · Hixson v. State

2. “Another problem not mentioned by the state arises in counties such as Hays having multiple district courts with different terms. Which court term controls under article 32.01? ... [T]he legislature would do well to consider the problems that arise under the statute due to the lack of uniform court terms.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Hixson v. State

3. “interferes with a prosecutor’s discretion to the extent that it does not permit an indefinite delay in taking a case before a grand jury if the defendant is in jail or on bail. But this interference is only an incidental result of the statutory procedure for asserting the right to indictment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Ex Parte Torres