Arnold v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• that fragments of testimony “cannot be plucked out of the record and examined in a vacuum.”
• that fragments of 16 testimony “cannot be plucked out of the record and examined in a vacuum.”
• “[C]ourts have typically found that a manslaughter instruction was required based on some evidence that the gun discharged accidentally or that the defendant only intended to frighten the complainant.”
• “There is no question here that the first prong of the test is satisfied: it is well-established that manslaughter is a lesser-included offense of murder… The only difference between the two offenses is the mental state required.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-08-26· cited 177×
• Brandon Lynn Darkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-04-29· cited 60×
• ORSAG v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-06-10· cited 49×
• Fox v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-03-31· cited 34×
• Jeremy Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-07-07· cited 22×
• Horton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-05-11· cited 6×
• Payne v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-09-08· cited 5×
• Kaitlyn Lucretia Ritcherson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-08-31· cited 4×
• Chance Deallen Keller v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2014-11-20
• Ismael Espinoza Bacenas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-02-11
• James Anthony Davis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2008-08-26
• Willie Ann Burton v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2008-03-27
• Jason Earl Wooley v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-10-22
• Carl M. Williams v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-10-08
• Alejandro Vasquez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-04-09
• Wayland Matthew Fox v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-03-31
• Chauncey Middleton v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-01-29
• Lawrence David Hernandez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2010-02-05
• Elizabeth Louise Handley v. Marian C. Bloss
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2010-02-05
• Jonte Chrishon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-12-02

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Martinez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-05-17· cited 727×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-06-10· cited 698×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-10-01· cited 640×
• Guidry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-12-15· cited 633×
• Hammock v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-05-23· cited 473×
• Garcia v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-04-13· cited 452×
• Gaddis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-05-25· cited 445×
• Mathis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-02-13· cited 423×
• Godsey v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-10-01· cited 358×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-05-21· cited 330×
• Hampton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-07-02· cited 297×
• Hughes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-06-23· cited 254×
• Robison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-06-29· cited 140×
• Carter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-04-01· cited 132×
• Ross v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-01-20· cited 114×
• Stanfield v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-10-22· cited 112×
• Trujillo v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-06-20· cited 63×
• Garrett v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-04-25· cited 63×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-03-26· cited 58×
• Girdy v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-11-01· cited 56×