Brooks 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 under former party statute, in instances where the accused is present during the commission of an offense, evidence must show that the accused encouraged the commission of the offense by acts, words, or other assistance
• holding that under former party statute, in instances where the accused is present during the commission of an offense, evidence must show that the accused encouraged the commission of the offense by acts, words, or other assistance
• holding that under former party statute, in instances where the accused is present during the commission of an offense, evidence must show that the accused encouraged the commission of the offense by acts, words, or other assistance
• holding that an extraneous offense charge was proper
• to convict someone as a party to offense, evidence must show parties were acting together at time of offense
• “[T]he evidence must show that at the time of the commission of the offense the parties were acting together, each doing some part of the execution of the common purpose.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ex Parte Welborn
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-03-14· cited 509×
• Cordova v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-09-25· cited 485×
• Burdine v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-10-15· cited 284×
• Shiflet v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-10-09· cited 264×
• Carrillo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-12-19· cited 254×
• Russell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-03-12· cited 185×
• Barnes v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2001-11-29· cited 126×
• Wooden v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-01-16· cited 99×
• Fancher v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-11-16· cited 90×
• Smith v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 1998-03-11· cited 83×
• McCrory v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-12-15· cited 82×
• Pesina v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1997-06-18· cited 77×
• Rivera v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1999-04-15· cited 61×
• Snow v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1986-12-11· cited 58×
• LACAZE v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-07-07· cited 56×
• Armstead v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1998-09-24· cited 44×
• Rivera v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2000-01-05· cited 37×
• Chavez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2000-01-19· cited 33×
• Cunningham v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1998-11-23· cited 25×
• Bratton v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2005-02-28· cited 18×

Cites

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

• Albrecht v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-09-25· cited 705×
• Ransonette v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-10-06· cited 143×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-10-30· cited 109×
• McDonald v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-07-10· cited 108×
• Coronado v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-04-24· cited 70×
• Johnston v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1967-06-28· cited 59×
• Graham v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-09-25· cited 57×
• Cunningham v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-09-25· cited 47×
• Gavia v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-11-29· cited 43×
• Bush v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-03-13· cited 42×
• Harrington v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-03-09· cited 41×
• Lopez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1960-06-25· cited 35×
• State v. Loveless
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1955-05-24· cited 34×
• Skelly v. United States
  Tenth Circuit· 1935-03-20· cited 32×
• United States v. Anthony
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1956-09-14· cited 29×
• Daniels v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-12-13· cited 25×
• Everett v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1948-11-10· cited 19×
• Richards v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-06-26· cited 17×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-02-28· cited 17×
• White v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1964-12-16· cited 15×