Case law

Elliott v. State

858 S.W.2d 478 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Apr 14, 1993

Penry v. Lynaugh, 492 U.S. at 319 , 109 S.Ct. at 2947 , 106 L.Ed.2d at 278 , quoting California v. Brown, 479 U.S. 538, at 545 , 107 S.Ct. 837, at 841 , 93 L.Ed.2d 934, at 942 (1987) (O’Connor, J., concurring). … California v. Brown, 479 U.S. [538] at 545, 93 L.Ed.2d 934, 17 [107] S.Ct. 837 [at 841] [(1987)] (concurring opinion).” 492 U.S. at 322-23 , 109 S.Ct. at 2949 , 106 L.Ed.2d at 280-81 .

Fowler v. State

135 Tex. Crim. 562 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Nov 30, 1938

Appellant grabbed it, jumped on the running board of a passing automobile and fled. Tucker pursued the car and in his pursuit saw a police car. … See Newcomb v. State, 95 S. W. 1048 ; Witherspoon v. State, 14 S. W. (2d) 1038 ; McIntosh v. State, 213 S. W. 659 .

Medellin, Ex Parte Jose Ernesto

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Nov 15, 2006

If all other avenues in the state are exhausted, the foreign national can still apply to the Board of Pardons and Parole and the Governor for executive clemency. … Assn. v. Garamendi , 539 U.S. 396, 414 (2003)(quoting in part Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer , 343 U.S. 579, 610-611 (1952)(Frankfurter, J., concurring)). [2] Id. at 416 n. 9. [3] See U.S. Const., Arts.

Spring v. State

626 S.W.2d 37 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Dec 2, 1981

Bazan v. State, 522 S.W.2d 224 (Tex.Cr. App.1975). … See generally Kolb v. State, 532 S.W.2d 87, 89, 91 (Tex.Cr.App.1976); Chambers v. State, 508 S.W.2d 348, 351-352 (Tex. Cr.App.1974); cf. Bodde v. State, 568 S.W.2d 344, 352-353 (Tex.Cr.App.1978).

Scoggin v. State

117 Tex. Crim. 294 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Feb 4, 1931

See Jannin v. State, 42 Texas Crim. Rep., 631 , 51 S. W., 1126 , 62 S. W., 419 , 53 L. R. A., 349. In the case of T. & P. Ry. Co. v. Mahaffey, 98 Texas Crim. Rep., 392 , 84 S. … W., 680 ; State v. Swisher, 17 Texas Rep., 441 ; Brown Cracker & Candy Co. v. City of Dallas, 104 Texas Rep., 290 , 137 S. W., 342 ; Arroyo v. State (Texas Crim. App.), 69 S. W., 503 .

Bigby, James Eugene

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Oct 8, 2008

Appellant contends his position is supported by Apprendi v. New Jersey,15 Ring v. Arizona,16 and Blakeley v. … Appellant contends the Texas scheme violates the principles underlying Caldwell v. Mississippi30 and Mills v.

Meador v. State

812 S.W.2d 330 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Jun 26, 1991

See United States v. … v.

Druery v. State

412 S.W.3d 523 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Oct 30, 2013

The State asserted that Appellant “knows that this is about the death of Skyyler Browne and that he’s been accused of killing Skyyler Browne and now, like most inmates probably on death row, they are saying they didn’t do … V.

Ex parte Weinstein

421 S.W.3d 656 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Jan 29, 2014

Smith v. … Maxwell v.

Okonkwo, Chidiebele Gabriel

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · May 15, 2013

In Baker v. … According to appellant, the pen's ink turns black or brown when marked on any surface other than authentic U.S. currency bills. 2.

Gandy v. State

139 Tex. Crim. 343 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Mar 13, 1940

In the case of Tillman v. State, 101 S. … The same defect was noted in the court’s statement to the jury in Mahaney v. State, 254 S. W. 949 , as well as in Johnson v. State, 149 S. W. 165 . These cases are relied on by appellant. In the case of Hale v.

Pearson v. State

123 Tex. Crim. 184 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Jan 18, 1933

As said in Thompson v. State, 205 S. … See Thompson v. State, supra; Brown v. State, 274 S. W., 588 ; Jones v. State, 36 S. W. (2d) 736 .

Pozil and Jaffe v. State

104 Tex. Crim. 244 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Apr 22, 1925

Pogue v. State, 12 Texas Ct. App., 283; Hogan v. State, 13 Texas Ct. App., 319; Kunde v. State, 22 Texas Crim. App., 99, 3 S. W., 325 ; Gay v. State, 42 *252 Texas Crim. Rep., 450, 60 S. W. 771 ; Hernandez v. … W., 840 ; Brown v. State, 150 S. W., 436 . In determining the sufficiency of the evidence we have considered only that which could be criminative in its nature.

Gilford v. State

54 Tex. Crim. 510 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Nov 18, 1908

That this person was riding a roached mane pony of a dark brown color. … High v. State, 26 Texas Crim. App., 545; Spivey v. State, 30 Texas Crim. App., 343; Childers v. State, 33 Texas Crim. Rep., 509 ; Bonnard v. State, 25 Texas Crim. App., 173, and Tickle v. State, 6 Texas Crim.

Davis, Franklin

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Nov 2, 2016

Forensic analysis revealed that Davis had used his phone to log into Facebook under the name “Jazmine Brown.” Using the Brown profile, he searched for and located Gray’s Facebook page. … Latrice Brown, the mother of Davis’s oldest daughter, Kurstyne, testified that Davis was a good father and took care of their daughter for over three years while Brown was incarcerated.

Hunter v. State

54 Tex. Crim. 224 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Jun 17, 1908

This testimony was, in the first place, res gestae, and the question as to the competency of the witness is immaterial as held by this court in the case of Croomes v. State, 40 Texas Crim. Rep., 672 . … little *229 son-of-a-bitch .get away, shoot him/ and that then Boone Hunter came out in the road and shot at me twice and missed me, and then came to the back of the wagon, stuck his gun through the back and between the end boards

Carmona, Ex Parte Carlos

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Mar 1, 2006

Bearden v. Georgia , 461 U.S. 660 , 666 & n.7 (1983). 5. Gagnon v. Scarpelli , 411 U.S. 778, 785 (1973). 6. 408 U.S. 471, 482 (1972). 7. Ibid . (citations omitted). See also United States ex rel. Bey v. … Judge Overstreet explained in his concurring opinion in Olowosuko v.

Robinson v. State

156 Tex. Crim. 6 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Mar 7, 1951

On March 8, appellant’s wife came to Wichita Falls on a *8 visit, and after spending the night with appellant at a house located at 705 Waco Street, she boarded the train to return to her home in Illinois about 3:45 the following … See Baggett v. State, 154 Tex. Cr. R. 618 , 229 S.W. 2d 801 , Trammel v. State, 155 Tex. Cr. R., 173 , 232 S.W. 2d 719 .

Ex Parte Forward

258 S.W.3d 151 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Jul 2, 2008

See, e.g., Ladner v. … Bell v. United States, 349 U.S. 81, 83 , 75 S.Ct. 620 , 99 L.Ed. 905 (1955)

Allen, Ex Parte Billy Frederick

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Feb 4, 2009

As we noted in Ex parte Brown, 205 S.W.3d 538, 544-45 (Tex. Crim. … Holmes v.