Bellah 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 prosecutor = s closing argument that defendant killed victim because he enjoyed killing was a reasonable inference from the evidence
• holding prosecutor’s closing argument that defendant killed victim because he enjoyed killing was a reasonable inference from the evidence
• all holding that an argument regarding an accused’s possible motive is not improper if it refers to evidence other than the accused’s testimony
• all holding that an argument regarding an accused = s possible motive is not improper if it refers to evidence other than the accused = s testimony

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Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bellah v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-07-20· cited 45×
• Bias v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1997-01-02· cited 26×
• Adkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1984-08-01· cited 22×
• State v. Hill
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-10-16· cited 9×
• Ex Parte Vickie Dawn Jackson
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2006-04-06
• State v. John Edward Hill
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-10-16
• William Heath Oliver v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2007-03-29
• Arkadi Minassian v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2015-05-29