Brown 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 the affirmative link between the appellant and the controlled substance need not be so strong that it excludes every other outstanding reasonable hypothesis except the appellant’s guilt
• noting that our law requires that an accused must have been “conscious of his connection with [the illegal substance] and have known what it was”
• noting that evidence which links the defendant to the controlled substance suffices for proof that he possessed it knowingly
• noting that circumstantial evidence often has equal or even greater probative value than direct evidence
• noting that our law requires that an accused must have been “conscious of his connection with [the illegal substance] and have known what it was”
• explaining that A affirmative link @ is merely shorthand for what must be proven in a prosecution for possession of illegal drugs, such as awareness and control

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Laster v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-01-14· cited 1,627×
• Poindexter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-01-12· cited 1,405×
• Margraves v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-12-06· cited 1,101×
• Goodman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-11-21· cited 682×
• Wise v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-04-25· cited 562×
• Taylor v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2003-05-15· cited 343×
• Roberson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2002-08-09· cited 288×
• Tate v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2016-09-21· cited 263×
• Lassaint v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2002-06-13· cited 212×
• Jones v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1998-06-17· cited 173×
• Hyett v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-10-18· cited 161×
• Willis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2006-05-10· cited 149×
• Allen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-03-25· cited 148×
• Harris v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2004-02-18· cited 148×
• Swarb v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-12-04· cited 145×
• Robinson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-07-28· cited 143×
• Figueroa v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-04-14· cited 126×
• Temple v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-12-21· cited 124×
• Moreno v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2006-09-27· cited 118×
• Davila v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1996-09-18· cited 118×

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Holland v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1955-01-31· cited 3,238×
• Geesa v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-11-06· cited 2,157×
• Matson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-10-16· cited 1,540×
• Griffin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-04-15· cited 993×
• Carlsen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-03-01· cited 490×
• McGoldrick v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-01-09· cited 433×
• McCullough v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-06-26· cited 334×
• Humason v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-03-18· cited 309×
• Cude v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-03-05· cited 291×
• Hankins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-03-01· cited 274×
• Haynes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1971-12-14· cited 138×
• Payne v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-06-07· cited 105×
• Guiton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-12-16· cited 98×
• Saenz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-11-25· cited 70×
• Harrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-09-14· cited 57×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-06-25· cited 40×
• Marsh v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-10-24· cited 39×
• Villarreal v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1993-09-15· cited 37×
• Eaglin v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 1994-03-16· cited 31×

Other cases named Brown v. State

4,355 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-09-24· cited 987×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-01-14· cited 589×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-12-03· cited 467×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1968-02-20· cited 442×
• Brown v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-04-17· cited 363×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-02-26· cited 280×
• Brown v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2010-06-29· cited 275×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-12-12· cited 261×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-08-15· cited 255×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-04-25· cited 240×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-05-31· cited 233×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1971-10-26· cited 216×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-09-02· cited 212×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1960-11-16· cited 212×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-07-18· cited 202×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-09-10· cited 193×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-02-12· cited 190×
• Brown v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-10-11· cited 188×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-09-10· cited 185×
• Brown v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-07-11· cited 181×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-03-03· cited 180×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1979-06-14· cited 169×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1996-04-04· cited 161×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-06-10· cited 140×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-06-26· cited 137×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-11-20· cited 136×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-10-05· cited 129×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-08-09· cited 125×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-01-23· cited 123×
• Brown v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2002-01-07· cited 120×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-09-14· cited 107×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1996-02-29· cited 105×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-02-16· cited 103×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-02-05· cited 101×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-10-15· cited 100×
• Brown v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2003-12-10· cited 99×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-08-02· cited 98×
• Brown v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-03-02· cited 97×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-10-01· cited 97×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-01-26· cited 94×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-30· cited 93×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1971-02-17· cited 92×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-07-13· cited 92×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-11-09· cited 91×
• Brown v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 1999-10-20· cited 91×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-09-13· cited 90×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-01-10· cited 90×
• Brown v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1981-03-12· cited 89×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1969-06-12· cited 89×
• Brown v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1987-05-15· cited 85×