Beck 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 failure to object to unsworn testimony waives complaint to admission and such may be considered as any other evidence.
• recognizing that the proper ways to prove a prior conviction for enhancement purposes include certified copies of the judgment and sentence, witness testimony, stipulations, and judicial admissions
• stating that “[w]hen certified copies of a judgment and sentence and the authenticated records of the Texas Department of Corrections or other penal institutions are used, these documents have been held admissible”
• stating that link may be provided by testimony from witness who knows defendant and is aware of prior convictions
• stating that link may be provided by testimony from witness who knows defendant and is aware of prior convictions
• noting that certified copies of a judgment and sentence, “while admissible, are not normally sufficient standing alone to prove” prior convictions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Mata v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-06-06· cited 849×
• Flowers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-04-18· cited 495×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-08-26· cited 177×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-09-16· cited 150×
• Zimmerman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-04-07· cited 148×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-03-11· cited 134×
• Davila v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1996-09-18· cited 118×
• in the Interest of G.M.G., a Child
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-06-19· cited 113×
• Zimmer v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1999-02-05· cited 74×
• Prihoda v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2011-09-29· cited 70×
• Paschall v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2009-04-02· cited 64×
• Carriere v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2002-08-15· cited 63×
• United States v. Juan Castillo-Rivera
  Fifth Circuit· 2017-03-30· cited 61×
• Henry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2016-12-07· cited 51×
• Drilling v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2004-03-10· cited 44×
• Gill v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2001-08-29· cited 41×
• Rosales v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1993-11-17· cited 41×
• Smith v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1999-07-15· cited 39×
• Garcia v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 1996-05-30· cited 39×
• Tecce, T. v. Hally, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-11-21· cited 37×

Cites

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

• Todd v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-05-07· cited 378×
• Brumfield v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1969-03-19· cited 200×
• Beausoliel v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1939-10-16· cited 154×
• Boulware v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-10-06· cited 145×
• Richard M. v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1971-03-24· cited 127×
• Bullard v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-02-16· cited 106×
• United States v. Mark Douglas Odom, United States of America v. Joyce Geraldine Beach, United States of America v. Benny Carol Dyson
  Fourth Circuit· 1984-05-22· cited 104×
• Griffin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-06-29· cited 103×
• Vessels v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1968-07-24· cited 99×
• Daniel v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-02-21· cited 86×
• Cain v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1971-06-02· cited 79×
• Buck Wilcoxon v. United States
  Tenth Circuit· 1956-05-21· cited 76×
• Wilcoxson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1956-05-21· cited 73×
• Thomas Trammell & Co. v. Mount
  Texas Supreme Court· 1887-05-03· cited 67×
• Ward v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-02-27· cited 63×
• Beck v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-01-09· cited 62×
• United States v. Salvador E. Perez
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-07-17· cited 57×
• Moore v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1896-02-13· cited 56×
• Rios v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-10-19· cited 53×
• Brown v. Ristich
  New York Court of Appeals· 1975-02-25· cited 51×