Cruz v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that because the prosecutor’s statements to the jury referred to the defendant’s own written statement, which was in evidence, they were not a comment on the defendant’s failure to testify
• holding that prosecutor’s statements to the jury referred to the defendant’s own written statement which had been admitted into evidence and were therefore not a comment on the defendant’s failure to testify
• concluding that it was clear from the record that prosecutor’s statements to jury referred to defendant’s own written statement, which had been admitted into evidence, and therefore were not comment on defendant’s failure to testify
• stating that only essential requirement to ensure preservation is timely, specific request that is refused by trial court
• stating that only essential requirement to ensure preservation is timely, specific request that is refused by trial court
• stating that only essential requirement to ensure preservation is timely, specific request that is refused by trial court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Busby v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-05-14· cited 288×
• Archie v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-06-08· cited 233×
• Bill Boyd Kuhn v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2013-01-31· cited 121×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2018-01-10· cited 96×
• Lair v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2008-07-03· cited 89×
• Lucero v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-02-13· cited 83×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-11-26· cited 54×
• Cantu v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2012-10-11· cited 54×
• Alami v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2011-01-20· cited 51×
• Johnson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2008-05-28· cited 48×
• Carballo v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2009-12-02· cited 28×
• Nadal v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-07-07· cited 23×
• Weems v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2010-09-30· cited 21×
• Jennifer Jill Whitehead v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2014-06-19· cited 20×
• Barrington J. Thompson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2012-11-08· cited 20×
• Gregory Eugene Baines v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-03-10· cited 17×
• Lopez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2010-02-03· cited 15×
• David Browne v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-12-31· cited 15×
• Joshua Orcasitas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2015-05-20· cited 12×
• Thomas Pryer Keith v. State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2012-10-25· cited 12×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Griffin v. California
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-28· cited 4,680×
• Griffin v. California
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 4,088×
• Young v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-06-09· cited 598×
• Bustamante v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-06-13· cited 419×
• Wolfe v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-03-06· cited 343×
• Barnett v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-03-08· cited 137×
• Cook v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-06-20· cited 56×
• Cherry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-04-03· cited 49×
• Lopez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1960-06-25· cited 35×
• Cruz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2005-09-28· cited 3×

Other cases named Cruz v. State

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

• Cruz v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-03-07· cited 140×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-01-27· cited 67×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-04-10· cited 56×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-11-19· cited 53×
• Cruz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-08-22· cited 52×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-09-19· cited 36×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2009-01-23· cited 34×
• Cruz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1982-05-26· cited 33×
• Cruz v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2010-02-19· cited 26×
• Cruz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-10-02· cited 23×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-01-17· cited 22×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1988-01-06· cited 20×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-08-20· cited 20×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-11-10· cited 17×
• Cruz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1987-08-12· cited 17×
• Cruz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 1994-08-17· cited 16×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-12-28· cited 14×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-08-16· cited 14×
• Cruz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-10-10· cited 14×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-04-14· cited 12×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-09-29· cited 9×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-09-20· cited 9×
• Cruz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1988-12-22· cited 8×
• Cruz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1992-03-19· cited 8×
• Cruz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1983-05-18· cited 8×
• Cruz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2009-02-26· cited 8×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-06-16· cited 7×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-06-20· cited 7×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-05-24· cited 7×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-05-21· cited 7×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1961-03-01· cited 6×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-03-11· cited 6×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1969-06-04· cited 6×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1988-10-13· cited 6×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1962-02-07· cited 6×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-10· cited 6×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-11-13· cited 5×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-05-08· cited 5×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1991-11-27· cited 5×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-08-26· cited 4×
• Cruz v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2011-02-09· cited 4×
• Cruz v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1974-10-29· cited 4×
• Cruz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2005-09-28· cited 3×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-03-24· cited 3×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-06-06· cited 3×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2006-04-04· cited 3×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1961-11-29· cited 3×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1983-07-26· cited 3×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1965-12-14· cited 3×
• Cruz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-11-17· cited 2×