Carrizales 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 “[i]t is not necessary that the evidence directly proves the defendant’s guilt; circumstantial evidence is as probative as direct evidence in establishing the guilt of the actor”
• explaining that if State proves each element beyond reasonable doubt, there is no doubt that crime was committed by defendant
• noting that “circumstantial evidence is as probative as direct evidence”
• noting that “circumstantial evidence is as probative as direct evidence”
• discussing 17th century case where supposed murder victim returned whole and healthy a few years after his servant and the servant’s brother and mother had confessed to the “murder” and been executed
• scattering roofing screws on a road, resulting in the puncture of vehicle tires

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Dobbs, Atha Albert
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-06-25· cited 434×
• Nisbett, Rex Allen
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2018-06-27· cited 253×
• Miller, Christopher Adrian
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2015-04-15· cited 57×
• Lydell Anton Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-03-31· cited 40×
• Donald F. Huff v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2015-04-08· cited 31×
• Jon Thomas Ford v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2014-08-20· cited 28×
• Alphonso Morris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-03-10· cited 15×
• Chad William Murray v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2014-06-26· cited 9×
• Ventura v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2016-05-04· cited 6×
• Julian v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-05-03· cited 4×
• Mario Ballestero Campos v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2015-08-26· cited 3×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-05-30· cited 2×
• Delbert Andrew Mills v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2014-08-29
• Daniel Diaz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2014-11-07
• Chance Deallen Keller v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2014-11-20
• Daniel Diaz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2014-12-10
• Christopher Mathew Arocha v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2014-12-11
• Christopher Adrian Miller v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2015-04-20
• Frank Anthony Evans Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2015-06-11
• Mahmod Suleiman Qalawi v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2015-06-11

Cites

21 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×
• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Brooks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-10-06· cited 6,365×
• Hooper v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-01-31· cited 5,494×
• Geesa v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-11-06· cited 2,157×
• De La Paz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-03-25· cited 1,229×
• Hacker, Anthony Wayne
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-01-16· cited 484×
• People v. LaRosa
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2013-01-14· cited 207×
• Warszower v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1941-02-17· cited 200×
• Fisher v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-03-31· cited 183×
• Salazar v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-10-09· cited 154×
• Self v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-09-18· cited 125×
• Crawley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-07-24· cited 58×
• Troncosa v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1984-02-15· cited 36×
• Lincoln v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2010-03-16· cited 30×
• Adrian v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-10-17· cited 29×
• Bussey v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-01-11· cited 26×
• Drager v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-04-06· cited 23×
• Mosher v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1995-03-30· cited 18×
• Zepeda v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1940-05-08· cited 11×

Other cases named Carrizales v. State

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Carrizales v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-05-20· cited 5×
• Carrizales v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-03-31· cited 2×
• Carrizales v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1987-08-31· cited 1×