Bell 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 not calling attention to any portion of the record from which to identify the action claimed of presents nothing for review
• reasoning that misdemeanor marijuana possession does not involve moral turpitude
• defense counsel opened the door by asking accused, \Have you anything in your past of a criminal nature?\; prosecution entitled to impeach using specific instances of conduct
• “Mere arrests or charges of offenses are generally inadmissible for impeachment purposes.”
• misdemeanor possession of marihuana does not involve moral turpitude
• misdemeanor marijuana possession does not involve moral turpitude

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Wheeler v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-01-30· cited 576×
• Roberts v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2000-09-14· cited 157×
• Moreno v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-27· cited 121×
• Duren v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2002-08-14· cited 117×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-09-15· cited 68×
• Richardson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2010-08-12· cited 60×
• Henry Martinez Porter v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-07-18· cited 47×
• Martin Sauceda Vega v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-07-30· cited 44×
• Creekmore v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1993-07-28· cited 39×
• Faison v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2001-10-05· cited 36×
• Ex Parte Carter
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-09-23· cited 36×
• Laura Knight v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2015-01-30· cited 34×
• Beal v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2001-01-25· cited 25×
• Mendiola v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1999-04-13· cited 21×
• Jesse Clyde Roderick v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-04-19· cited 21×
• Moreno v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1997-05-01· cited 17×
• De Leon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1983-07-06· cited 14×
• Springer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1987-03-18· cited 12×
• Hernandez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 1995-04-05· cited 11×
• Norwood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1987-08-06· cited 9×

Cites

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

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Harrington v. California
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-02· cited 2,732×
• Rudd v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-06-03· cited 286×
• Landers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-04-20· cited 213×
• Brumfield v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1969-03-19· cited 200×
• Myre v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-01-19· cited 164×
• Armstrong v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-05-03· cited 137×
• Murphy v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-10-10· cited 135×
• Ochoa v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-04-26· cited 108×
• Reese v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-01-21· cited 101×
• Lyons v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1965-03-24· cited 90×
• Hoffman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-10-09· cited 77×
• Nelson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-01-09· cited 57×
• Felder v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-04-26· cited 55×
• Orozco v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1957-04-03· cited 51×
• Bellah v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1967-04-26· cited 51×
• Klueppel v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-02-20· cited 50×
• Stephens v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1967-07-26· cited 42×
• Alexander v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-01-26· cited 38×
• Heartfield v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1971-06-23· cited 24×