Childs v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding evidence sufficient to show intent to kill when witness testified he had seen appellant point a gun at complainant, and moments later witness heard two shots
• “[W]here a deadly weapon is fired at close range, and death results, the law presumes an intent to kill.”
• “act of pointing loaded gun at someone and shooting it toward that person at close range demonstrates an intent to kill”
• jury may infer intent to kill from use of deadly weapon unless it would not be reasonable to infer that death or serious bodily injury could result from the use of weapon
• allowing jury to infer intent from circumstantial evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Sholars v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-03-03· cited 58×
• Darby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-08-25· cited 42×
• Weyandt v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-01-18· cited 35×
• Hill v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2001-06-12· cited 29×
• in the Matter of E.M.R., a Juvenile
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-08-31· cited 21×
• In Re EMR
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-08-31
• Arturo Sanchez Almaguer v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2015-06-25
• Jones, Leslie v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-07-03
• Anthony Demel Williams v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2006-08-31
• Teron Laray Lipscomb v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2006-04-13
• Heywood Joseph Sholars v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2009-09-24
• Darrell Darcell Darby A/K/A Darrell Decell Darby v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2004-08-25
• Christopher Chon Scott v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2009-02-20
• William L. Montgomery v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2004-06-02
• Leticia Maricele Hernandez v. State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2001-05-29
• Dion's of Texas, Inc. v. Shamrock Economic Development Corporation, and the City of Shamrock, Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2004-08-16
• Theodore Michael Berry v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2008-06-26
• Mark Anthony Mayfield v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2008-11-19
• Jesus Sanchez, A/K/A Jesus Sanchez Barrera v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2004-04-29
• Hector Avila v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2008-11-20

Cites

26 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×
• Johnson v. Zerbst
  Supreme Court· 1938-05-31· cited 10,545×
• Guzman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-09-24· cited 6,556×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-02-09· cited 6,445×
• Clewis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-01-31· cited 5,788×
• Geesa v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-11-06· cited 2,157×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-12-18· cited 2,034×
• Santellan v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-01-29· cited 1,995×
• Marin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-03-10· cited 1,480×
• Chambers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-02-27· cited 1,350×
• Villarreal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-11-20· cited 1,246×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-10-13· cited 1,078×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-09-18· cited 613×
• Penagraph v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-09-23· cited 563×
• Bowden v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-03-03· cited 404×
• Flanagan v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-09-19· cited 221×
• In the Matter of C.O.S.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-04-01· cited 203×
• Womble v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-07-01· cited 194×
• Robles v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-02-15· cited 125×
• Comer v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-06-28· cited 95×