Bingham v. State

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

• noting that the hearsay exception for statements against a declarant’s interest and the exclusion as non- hearsay for admissions by a party-opponent are distinct
• noting that, for a hearsay statement to be admissible under Rule 803(24), it must “tend[] to expose the declarant to criminal liability” and there must be “corroborating circumstances that clearly indicate the trustworthiness of the statement”
• “[A]dmissions by party-opponents are admissible precisely because they are being admitted against the party alleged to have made those statements.”
• trial court's decision to admit or exclude evidence of statement against interest is reviewed under abuse of discretion standard
• Officer’s testimony that wife admitted that “she and her husband had planned the fire and that [he] actually lit the match which started the fire” was properly admitted as a statement against interest
• Officer’s testimony that wife admitted that “she and her husband had planned the fire and that [he] actually lit the match which started the fire” was properly admitted as a statement against interest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Dewberry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-20· cited 2,718×
• Trevino v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-05-12· cited 481×
• James v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-03-13· cited 234×
• Archie v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-06-08· cited 233×
• Frank v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2005-12-22· cited 102×
• Walter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-10-01· cited 101×
• Trent Mason v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2013-10-31· cited 66×
• Biagas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-09-28· cited 50×
• Donjel Lamont Walker v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2013-03-21· cited 48×
• Kimball v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2000-07-12· cited 36×
• Esparza v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2000-09-20· cited 34×
• Boler v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-12-07· cited 33×
• Roy v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2004-07-20· cited 31×
• Rischer v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2002-08-21· cited 26×
• Lester v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2003-11-05· cited 19×
• McNair v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2002-02-06· cited 18×
• Cochran v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2003-04-18· cited 17×
• Kennedy v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2006-01-11· cited 16×
• Kacz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-06-23· cited 15×
• Gongora v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2006-11-09· cited 13×