Armstrong 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 it would be advisory for court to address State’s additional argument where, even if argument were correct, the State would not be entitled to any relief
• holding that question of whether a judge has complied with the requirements of the Dallas County Magistrates Act is one of law and therefore State could bring issue on appeal because appellant had also appealed pursuant to article 44.01(c)
• explaining that, other than perhaps in the case of questions about Texas criminal law certified to this Court by a federal appellate court, the Court is “without authority to render advisory opinions”
• stating that Texas courts “are without authority to render advisory opinions”
• defendant was seen breaking into building, items on a desk had been moved, and papers had been shuffled
• “This Court and the Court of Appeals are without authority to render advisory opinions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Oldham v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-09-30· cited 392×
• State Ex Rel. Holmes v. Honorable Court of Appeals for the Third District
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-04-20· cited 252×
• Salinas, Orlando
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2017-03-08· cited 127×
• Pfeiffer v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-04-18· cited 92×
• Linder v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1992-04-02· cited 82×
• McGee v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1995-08-17· cited 71×
• Whitfield v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-05-07· cited 57×
• Connor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-06-08· cited 48×
• Lemell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-11-01· cited 45×
• Nevarez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1993-03-17· cited 40×
• Hackett v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2005-03-09· cited 38×
• Gonzales v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-09-15· cited 38×
• Sotelo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-11-01· cited 36×
• Fontenot v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1996-08-16· cited 21×
• State v. Webb
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1998-11-05· cited 20×
• State v. Chupik
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-06-15· cited 20×
• Dix v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2009-05-07· cited 14×
• Collins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 1995-12-20· cited 14×
• In Re the STATE of Texas Ex Rel. David P. WEEKS
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2012-12-12· cited 7×
• Robert Whitfield v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2013-06-06· cited 7×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sanabria v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 1,038×
• Chavez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1989-03-09· cited 128×
• Wolfe v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-01-25· cited 39×
• Ex Parte Ruiz
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-05-04· cited 34×
• Williams v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1989-06-07· cited 23×
• Hargrove v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1989-07-07· cited 18×
• Ex Parte Bullard
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-10-31· cited 18×
• Ex Parte Gonzales
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-02-12· cited 18×
• Armstrong v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1989-11-17· cited 9×
• Allen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1988-01-12· cited 7×