Davis 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 attacks directed at irregularities in orders referring cases to a magistrate are procedural attacks that may render a judgment voidable but not automatically void
• clarifying that the only issue that is jurisdictional and may be raised on appeal for the first time with regards to a magistrate is the magistrate’s qualification to hold the position of magistrate
• reversing court of appeals for considering unpreserved error on appeal when trial court did not lack jurisdiction and conviction was not void
• discussing tendency to confuse jurisdiction of the court with authority of the judge
• distinguishing between a trial court’s jurisdiction and authority in the context of void and voidable judgments
• reversing court of appeals for considering unpreserved error on appeal when trial court did not lack jurisdiction and conviction was not void

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Teal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-03-07· cited 301×
• Trejo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-04-01· cited 250×
• Rosell v. Central West Motor Stages, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2002-10-23· cited 187×
• Ex Parte Seidel
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-02-28· cited 184×
• Ex Parte Williams
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-04-11· cited 155×
• Simon v. Levario
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-11-18· cited 152×
• State v. Moore
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-06-06· cited 150×
• Carrillo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-09-15· cited 95×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-10-14· cited 93×
• Greer v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1999-09-02· cited 86×
• Spigener v. Wallis
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2002-06-12· cited 85×
• Lemasurier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2002-11-21· cited 81×
• Lackey v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-03-07· cited 75×
• State v. Holloway
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-03-07· cited 62×
• Ex Parte Richardson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-09-13· cited 54×
• Fain v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1999-03-04· cited 40×
• Whitehead v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-06-25· cited 38×
• Murphy v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-04-02· cited 36×
• In the Matter of K.E.M., Juvenile
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2002-10-24· cited 27×
• Roderick Nash v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2003-10-23· cited 25×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Stine v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-05-10· cited 122×
• Archer v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-11-12· cited 121×
• Kelley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-07-03· cited 98×
• Buchanan v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1971-07-14· cited 86×
• Gallagher v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-05-29· cited 71×
• Ex Parte George
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-11-29· cited 70×
• Lee v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-07-13· cited 53×
• Herrod v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-05-25· cited 41×
• French v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-11-15· cited 41×
• Ex Parte Vivier
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-11-20· cited 39×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-01-12· cited 36×
• Miller v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-12-01· cited 35×
• Ex Parte Washington
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1969-06-18· cited 29×
• Kelly v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-02-04· cited 18×
• Spindler v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-11-18· cited 10×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1996-09-19· cited 9×