Alford v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the term “voluntarily” as utilized in PENAL § 6.01(a) means the absence of an accidental act, omission or possession
• noting that the rationale of duress is that even though the accused has done the act required and had the mental state required, the conduct is justified because he has avoided harm of a greater magnitude
• noting that the rationale of duress is that even though the accused has done the act required and had the mental state required, the conduct is justified because he has avoided harm of a greater magnitude
• noting that the rationale of duress is that even though the accused has done the act required and had the mental state required, the conduct is justified because he has avoided harm of a greater magnitude
• finding section 6.01(a) provides only A for the act element of criminal liability, @ not the intent element
• when susceptible to more than one construction, statute should be interpreted \so as to secure the purpose or benefit intended\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

120 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• McFarland v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-02-21· cited 1,746×
• Moses v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-05-21· cited 1,033×
• Casey v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-02-28· cited 971×
• Bargas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2008-05-13· cited 283×
• Webb v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-12-28· cited 214×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-09-10· cited 193×
• Rogers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-05-21· cited 169×
• Saldivar v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1998-12-10· cited 131×
• King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2006-03-16· cited 119×
• Dotson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-09-02· cited 119×
• Mendenhall v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-06-12· cited 90×
• Royerick Washington v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2013-11-19· cited 72×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-02-12· cited 71×
• Arnwine v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2000-04-11· cited 66×
• State v. Auchampach
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1995-12-01· cited 57×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-11-13· cited 55×
• Dannhaus v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1996-01-25· cited 55×
• Cantrell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2002-04-30· cited 53×
• Gravis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1998-12-17· cited 45×
• In re D. M.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2006-03-30· cited 41×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Patterson v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 2,751×
• Geesa v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-11-06· cited 2,157×
• Alvarado v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-12-04· cited 291×
• Crank v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-09-14· cited 254×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-04-07· cited 206×
• Ward v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-03-18· cited 189×
• George v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-12-05· cited 77×
• Dockery v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-10-20· cited 77×
• Bermudez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-03-10· cited 35×
• Alford v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1991-07-03· cited 31×
• Flowers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1947-05-07· cited 12×
• Robert Jerome Davis v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-07-22· cited 8×
• United States v. Dominguez-Mestas
  S.D. California· 1988-05-24· cited 3×