Davila 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 an indictment under section 30.02(a)(3) “may allege that the accused committed theft or a named felony; or attempted to commit theft or a named felony; or it may allege each of the essential elements of theft or the felony in question” (emphasis added)
• applying the abuse of discretion standard to a trial court’s admission of a witness’s testimony about the value of a truck
• listing elements of burglary under 30.01(a)(3)
• supplying the “intentionally or knowingly” element

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Dinkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-02-01· cited 1,534×
• Hacker, Anthony Wayne
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-01-16· cited 484×
• DeVaughn v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-04-13· cited 294×
• Benny Dale Alexander v. O.L. McCotter Director, of Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-09-30· cited 181×
• Sullivan v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-01-08· cited 134×
• Traylor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-02-15· cited 110×
• Bradley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-11-26· cited 75×
• Ex Parte Winton
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-04-27· cited 47×
• Ex Parte White
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-11-02· cited 41×
• Gloria Sandone v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2013-01-17· cited 33×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-09-19· cited 31×
• Karl Dean Stahmann v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2018-01-04· cited 31×
• Peoples v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-06-07· cited 26×
• Martinez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-05-03· cited 25×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-12-12· cited 24×
• State v. Maier
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1980-12-04· cited 23×
• Daniels v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-11-08· cited 22×
• Pequeno v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1986-04-24· cited 22×
• Bocanegra v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-06-08· cited 22×
• Hadden v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1992-04-30· cited 19×