Burks 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 police officer’s erroneously admitted hearsay testimony did not harm defendant when testimony of other trial witnesses proved same facts
• holding that police officer’s erroneously admitted hearsay testimony did not harm defendant when testimony of other trial witnesses proved same facts
• holding that erroneously admitted backdoor hearsay was harmless because other testimony proved the same facts
• holding that erroneously admitted backdoor hearsay was harmless because other testimony proved same facts
• holding that erroneously admitted backdoor hearsay was harmless because other testimony proved same facts
• holding that to preserve error, counsel must “let the trial judge know what he wants, why he thinks himself entitled to it, and [] do so clearly enough for the judge to understand him”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ladd v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-06· cited 1,900×
• McDuff v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-01-22· cited 1,412×
• Cockrell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-09-11· cited 1,118×
• Alvarado v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-11-15· cited 953×
• Ovalle v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-03-08· cited 800×
• Rachal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-01-17· cited 768×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-04-21· cited 684×
• Chamberlain v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-06-16· cited 676×
• Prystash v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-09-15· cited 668×
• Gardner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-10-21· cited 640×
• Janecka v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-11-27· cited 587×
• Brooks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-03-31· cited 568×
• Nenno v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-06-24· cited 479×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-02-05· cited 409×
• Rocha v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-04-12· cited 402×
• Ransom v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-04-24· cited 360×
• Pondexter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-10-16· cited 349×
• Bargas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2008-05-13· cited 283×
• Hughes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-04-12· cited 278×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-04-28· cited 276×

Cites

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

• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Montgomery v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-06-19· cited 7,264×
• Chambers v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1973-02-21· cited 5,756×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Penry v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,957×
• Duren v. Missouri
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-09· cited 2,373×
• Geesa v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-11-06· cited 2,157×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-06-28· cited 1,170×
• Lankston v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-03-04· cited 897×
• Rezac v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-01-17· cited 732×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-04-22· cited 568×
• Rogers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-03-31· cited 553×
• Kemp v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-09-16· cited 543×
• Mayes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-05-29· cited 528×
• Cooks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-09-16· cited 501×
• Livingston v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-10-21· cited 483×
• Camacho v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-10-13· cited 440×
• Reed v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-01-20· cited 437×
• Allridge v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-05-11· cited 429×
• Drew v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-09-30· cited 420×

Other cases named Burks v. State

101 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Burks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1979-01-23· cited 375×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1942-11-04· cited 92×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-09-20· cited 80×
• Burks v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-01-21· cited 66×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-04-11· cited 63×
• Burks v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1990-09-19· cited 51×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-07-24· cited 48×
• Burks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-10-14· cited 42×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1993-05-26· cited 41×
• Burks v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-04-18· cited 39×
• Burks v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1987-10-26· cited 36×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1968-10-30· cited 31×
• Burks v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2001-02-28· cited 27×
• Burks v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2005-06-09· cited 26×
• Burks v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-11-09· cited 26×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1977-12-20· cited 25×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1985-06-13· cited 24×
• Burks v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1953-02-06· cited 21×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-09-30· cited 19×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1988-01-22· cited 17×
• Burks v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2005-12-06· cited 15×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1967-03-14· cited 15×
• Burks v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1906-03-31· cited 14×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-05-04· cited 13×
• Burks v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2009-12-03· cited 13×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1977-08-19· cited 12×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1985-09-27· cited 12×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1995-08-03· cited 10×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-12-27· cited 10×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-03-13· cited 9×
• Burks v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1973-09-04· cited 8×
• Burks v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1976-12-21· cited 6×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-08-28· cited 6×
• Burks v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-11-07· cited 6×
• Burks v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-12-13· cited 6×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-06-12· cited 5×
• Burks v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1931-04-04· cited 5×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1887-11-23· cited 5×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1990-09-19· cited 5×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1977-09-07· cited 5×
• Burks v. State
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2014-07-31· cited 5×
• Burks v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-06-20· cited 4×
• Burks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1893-04-10· cited 4×
• Burks v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1966-09-12· cited 4×
• Burks v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1916-12-18· cited 3×
• Burks v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1988-08-30· cited 3×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1986-03-11· cited 3×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-09-27· cited 3×
• Burks v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-09-18· cited 2×
• Burks v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1973-02-12· cited 2×