Merritt v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 230th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Turner v. Safley · Stroud v. United States · Harris v. State · King v. State · Highwarden 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must reverse a judgment of conviction or punishment unless the court determines beyond a reasonable doubt that the error did not contribute to the conviction or punishment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.