Dempsey v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• evidence of prior aggressive acts of the victim are admissible if there is evidence of an act of aggression by the victim which raises a self-defense issue
• prior specific acts of violence by the victim offered by the defendant are admissible if (1) offered to show the reasonableness of defendant's claim of apprehension of danger, and (2
• specific prior acts of violence by deceased when self-defense is raised
• prior specific acts of violence by the victim offered by the defendant are admissible if (1) offered to show the reasonableness of defendant's claim of apprehension of danger, and (2
• prior specific acts of violence by the victim offered by the defendant are admissible if (1) offered to show the reasonableness of defendant’s claim of apprehension of danger, and (2
• prior specific acts of violence by the victim offered by the defendant are admissible if (1) offered to show the reasonableness of defendant's claim of apprehension of danger, and (2

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Cited by

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

• Mozon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-04-28· cited 693×
• Torres v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-04-03· cited 443×
• Fielder v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-06-08· cited 169×
• Ex Parte Miller
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-09-22· cited 142×
• Tate v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-12-09· cited 120×
• Tate v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1999-03-11· cited 104×
• United States v. James H. Burks
  D.C. Circuit· 1972-10-19· cited 94×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-09-14· cited 72×
• Gutierrez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-02-01· cited 65×
• State v. Lee
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1976-05-17· cited 59×
• State v. Miranda
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-09-12· cited 53×
• Beecham v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-05-09· cited 52×
• Hardeman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-12-29· cited 47×
• Gonzales v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1992-09-15· cited 42×
• Hayes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-04-27· cited 33×
• Ellisor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1955-06-22· cited 31×
• Mahaffey v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1971-05-05· cited 29×
• Rodney Wayne Allen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-08-04· cited 28×
• Limon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1982-06-23· cited 24×
• State v. Lui
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1979-11-26· cited 23×