Thornton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) Whenever two or more offenses have been consolidated or joined for trial under Section 3.02, the defendant shall have a right to a severance of the offenses. (b) In the event of severance under this section, the provisions of Section 3.03 do not apply, and the court in its discretion may order the sentences to run either concurrently or consecutively. (c) The right to severance under this section does not apply to a prosecution for offenses described by Section 3.03(b)(2) unless the court determines that the defendant or the state would be unfairly prejudiced by a joinder of offenses, in which event the judge may order the offenses to be tried separately or may order other relief as justice requires.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Scott v. State

2. “Pre-trial is the most logical time for a motion to sever in the light of the interests behind the right to severance and the preparation for presentation of a case from voir dire through acquittal or conviction. Thus, not only should a motion to sever be made pre-trial because Abides 27.02 and 28.01 apply, but also because logic and reason dictate such a conclusion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Aguilar v. State

3. “before it is set for trial upon its merits.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sanchez v. State