Clark 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 evidence can be sufficient to show a touching of the genitals even if the victim uses A language different from that in the statute to describe the part of the body touched @
• recognizing that children often lack the technical knowledge to describe human anatomy and that a child’s use of unsophisticated language to describe sexual organs does not render the evidence insufficient to support a conviction for sexual offenses
• holding evidence sufficient to show sexual contact where complainant testified appellant touched her “front butt”
• holding evidence sufficient to show sexual contact where complainant testified appellant touched her \front butt\
• holding evidence sufficient to show sexual contact where complainant testified appellant touched her “front butt”
• concluding the definition of “genitals” “includes the vulva which immediately surrounds the vagina”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• McKenzie v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-05-20· cited 454×
• Fairfield v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-01-28· cited 409×
• Lee v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-06-15· cited 205×
• Lugo-Lugo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-04-27· cited 201×
• Black v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-01-18· cited 198×
• O'Hara v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-03-25· cited 177×
• Villarreal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-12-13· cited 157×
• Gonzalez Soto v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2008-09-25· cited 153×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-01-20· cited 147×
• Fox v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2005-08-30· cited 144×
• Broussard v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-10-25· cited 130×
• Scott v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2006-08-30· cited 112×
• Murray v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2000-08-02· cited 104×
• Watson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-02-27· cited 98×
• Mallet v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2000-01-06· cited 95×
• Karnes v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1994-02-23· cited 92×
• Ozuna v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2006-08-10· cited 91×
• Garcia v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-11-08· cited 81×
• Thomas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1999-08-10· cited 81×
• Gilley, Brian Shawn
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-01-15· cited 79×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Fields v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-10-24· cited 69×
• Teniente v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-03-03· cited 64×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-05-19· cited 55×
• Victory v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-03-09· cited 53×
• Banks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-12-17· cited 46×
• Provost v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-10-09· cited 41×
• Tyra v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-03-24· cited 41×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1956-04-11· cited 25×
• West v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-07-17· cited 18×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1966-03-02· cited 18×
• Pendell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1952-10-08· cited 17×
• Whatley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-11-29· cited 17×
• Grant v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-03-27· cited 11×
• Mounce v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1968-07-10· cited 10×
• Griffin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-10-09· cited 9×