Benavidez 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 sufficiency of evidence, when raised, must be addressed before trial error because sustaining it results in acquittal and “would interpose a jeopardy bar to retrial”
• explaining that insufficient evidence to support a conviction can render an acquittal
• explaining appellate courts render judgment of acquittal only if trial court’s ruling amounts to de facto acquittal or appellate court determines evidence was legally insufficient to support conviction

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Cited by

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

• Winfrey, Megan AKA Megan Winfrey Hammond
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-02-27· cited 784×
• Davison, Anthony Ray
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-05-22· cited 171×
• State of Texas v. Esparza, Carlos
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-10-30· cited 110×
• Fleming, Mark Alexander
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-06-18· cited 50×
• Timothy O'Reilly v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2016-08-26· cited 20×
• Ex parte Reyes
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2015-11-04· cited 17×
• Vincent Eric Beasley v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2012-07-26· cited 14×
• Zuliani v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-11-02· cited 12×
• Joseph Lester Green v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2014-05-28· cited 8×
• Dieter Heinz Werner v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2013-02-21· cited 5×
• State v. Ramos
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-10-30· cited 5×
• Narada Hicks v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-03-03· cited 4×
• Donna Gayle Holcomb v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2014-08-28· cited 2×
• Samuel Quintanilla v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-06-21· cited 2×
• Christopher Earl Darcy v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2015-06-25
• Zuliani, Gerald Christopher
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-11-02
• Garfias, Christopher
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-06-29
• Isaac John Russell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2014-05-28
• Anthony Bernard Newsome v. State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2012-09-27
• Raymond Broussard Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2013-08-15

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Almanza v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-02-27· cited 6,557×
• Burks v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 4,912×
• Green v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-12-16· cited 3,075×
• United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co.
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-04· cited 1,460×
• Greene v. Massey
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 1,268×
• Arline v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-12-10· cited 777×
• Hudson v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1981-02-24· cited 769×
• Smalis v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1986-05-05· cited 328×
• Trejo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-04-01· cited 250×
• Smith v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 2005-02-22· cited 249×
• Stringer v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-11-07· cited 98×
• Lee v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-06-20· cited 74×
• State v. Moreno
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-09-23· cited 64×
• State v. Stanley
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-09-20· cited 59×
• Woodard v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-10-06· cited 44×
• Rains v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-05-28· cited 33×

Other cases named Benavidez v. State

7 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Benavidez v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2003-03-20· cited 7×
• Benavidez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1983-10-05· cited 7×
• Benavidez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1956-11-28· cited 6×
• Benavidez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1983-10-28· cited 4×
• Benavidez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1983-04-07· cited 3×
• Benavidez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-12-22· cited 2×
• Benavidez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2018-03-07