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7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 35 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Ex Parte Ybarra.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Ex Parte Ybarra Anchor
texcrimapp · 2004
green “the trial court is required to grant the defendant pre-sentence jail time when sentence is pronounced.” 9
2 Ex Parte Bynum
texcrimapp · 1989
green “no different than if the petitioner had been incarcerated in another state's prison or in a federal penitentiary.” 5
3 State Ex Rel. Healey v. McMeans
texcrimapp · 1994
green “an act may be regarded as 'ministerial' when the facts are undisputed and, given those undisputed facts, 'the law clearly spells out the duty to be performed . . . with such certainty that nothing is left to the exercise of discretion or judgment.” 5
4 In Re Gomez
texapp · 2008
green “plea agreement did not address, one way or the other, whether relator was to receive back-time credit or how much” 4
5 Nixon v. State
texcrimapp · 1978
green “if in fact a hold was placed, appellant should be credited with all such time.” 4
6 Hannington v. State
texcrimapp · 1992
green “no formal detainer is required if it is established by some other means that the prisoner was detained in that cause . . . .” 4
7 In Re Brown
texcrimapp · 2011
green “whenever a defendant can show indisputably that he has been denied jail-time credit for a period of pre-trial incarceration for the identical 'case' for which he was convicted and sentenced, he is entitled to relief from the convicting court in the form of a judgment nunc pro tu…” 4

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