Gifford v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
August 2009
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 23rd Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Payne v. Tennessee · Ex Parte Duffy · Vaughn v. State · Craig 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the legislature has severely limited the use and impact of the statement by requiring that it be made after punishment has been assessed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. State“must be made . . . after the court has announced the terms and conditions of the sentence; and after sentence is pronounced.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson 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.