Cornet 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 statutory “medical-care defense” was subject to the confession and avoidance doctrine because it “does not negate any element of the offense, including culpable intent; it only excuses what would otherwise constitute criminal conduct”
• reasoning that Legislature sought only to protect conduct that is “medically” relevant to child’s health and well-being and conduct that confers “medical” benefit on child
• noting that, “when the Legislature desires to convey a certain level of specificity within a statutory provision, it knows how to do it”
• explaining that availability of defense does not turn on “accused’s familiarity with the science of medicine” but upon nature of conduct
• reasoning that Legislature sought only to protect conduct that is “medically” relevant to child’s health and well-being and conduct that confers “medical” benefit on child
• explaining that “when the Legislature desires to convey a certain level of specificity within a statutory provision, it knows how to do it”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Crabtree, Mark Alan
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-10-31· cited 147×
• Bill Boyd Kuhn v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2013-01-31· cited 121×
• Cornet v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-11-06· cited 92×
• Villa v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-11-06· cited 89×
• Bays, Michael Jay
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-04-17· cited 88×
• Baird v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-05-08· cited 85×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2018-01-10· cited 19×
• David Browne v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-12-31· cited 15×
• Estrella v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2018-02-27· cited 15×
• Rudy Villa v. State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2012-05-24· cited 14×
• James Alan Jenkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-06-04· cited 13×
• Anthony Woodall v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2012-07-31· cited 11×
• Horton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2012-08-22· cited 11×
• Hudson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2012-05-11· cited 9×
• Joseph Lester Green v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2014-05-28· cited 8×
• State v. Victor Manuel Schunior, Jr.
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2015-04-22· cited 6×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2013-01-16· cited 4×
• Bocanegra v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-02-16· cited 4×
• John Marcus Leos v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2014-11-07
• Villa, Rudy
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-11-06

Cites

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

• Almanza v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-02-27· cited 6,557×
• Boykin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-10-09· cited 1,829×
• Hall v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-05-09· cited 1,181×
• Vernon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-11-04· cited 493×
• Shaw v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-10-31· cited 444×
• Vasquez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-01-15· cited 391×
• Young v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-04-26· cited 353×
• Ex Parte Nailor
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-03-24· cited 332×
• Long v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-09-11· cited 294×
• Bargas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2008-05-13· cited 283×
• Miller v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-06-05· cited 194×
• Juarez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-03-31· cited 193×
• Coit v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-05-15· cited 133×
• Ex Parte Rieck
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-09-15· cited 108×
• Camacho v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-02-15· cited 83×
• Hatch v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-12-10· cited 79×
• Martinez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-06-28· cited 68×
• Reckart v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2010-08-26· cited 58×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-10-24· cited 51×
• Bowen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-05-04· cited 50×