Alvarez v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• swinging linoleum knife at a distance of four feet did not constitute manner of use posing a threat of serious bodily injury or death despite victim’s testimony of fear
• “[T]he essential question is whether there is sufficient evidence to show that the appellant used the knife or intended to use the knife in such a way that it was capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.”
• A [T]he essential question is whether there is sufficient evidence to show that the appellant used the knife or intended to use the knife in such a way that it was capable of causing death or serious bodily injury. @

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-02-26· cited 280×
• Blain v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-03-23· cited 213×
• Tisdale v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-03-13· cited 167×
• Davidson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-07-16· cited 147×
• Morales v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-05-19· cited 121×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-09-10· cited 97×
• Lucero v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1996-01-18· cited 51×
• Padilla v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2008-04-17· cited 32×
• Hester v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1995-09-18· cited 31×
• Herbert v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1982-03-31· cited 19×
• Lewis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1982-10-27· cited 16×
• Sweeten v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1985-02-07· cited 15×
• Batro v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1982-04-22· cited 12×
• Gonzalez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1984-03-07· cited 11×
• Ex Parte Shaw
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-02-04· cited 10×
• Banks v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1982-10-27· cited 9×
• Hicks v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1986-12-30· cited 7×
• Curry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1984-08-01· cited 6×
• McGhee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1988-02-18· cited 5×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1984-03-20· cited 4×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McElroy v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-06-04· cited 62×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-02-09· cited 46×
• Danzig v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-01-26· cited 44×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-02-15· cited 31×