Bray 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 prosecutor’s comment that he was grateful he did not have to make his living representing the likes of defendant constituted reversible error
• holding that prosecutor’s comment that he was grateful he did not have to make his living representing the likes of defendant constituted reversible error
• reversible error resulted from comment that prosecutor was grateful for not having to represent someone like defendant
• “Trial judges should assume the responsibility of preventing this type of argument. A rebuke by the trial judge in the presence of the jury may do more to end the practice of intemperate and improper argument than repeated admonitions or even reversals by this court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Dinkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-02-01· cited 1,534×
• Cockrell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-09-11· cited 1,118×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-12-11· cited 292×
• Hughes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-06-23· cited 254×
• Denison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-05-04· cited 191×
• Briddle v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-09-23· cited 136×
• Norris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-03-01· cited 131×
• Gomez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-12-18· cited 128×
• Stiggers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-03-13· cited 88×
• Bell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-01-28· cited 66×
• Roberson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2003-04-09· cited 65×
• Guy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2005-03-10· cited 61×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-07-09· cited 59×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-06-11· cited 59×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-11-19· cited 58×
• Crutcher v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-06-07· cited 57×
• Woodkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-10-27· cited 52×
• Washington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1991-11-20· cited 52×
• Fowler v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-10-31· cited 45×
• Borgen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-05-16· cited 44×

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gideon v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 8,419×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1971-11-23· cited 33×