Downs 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 different sentencing scheme for capital and non-capital defendants did not violate equal protection; all capital defendants were treated similarly

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Martin E. Roberts v. Margaret D. Roberts
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2013-05-01· cited 27×
• Estes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-03-24· cited 12×
• State v. Rochelle L. McNutt
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2013-02-26· cited 9×
• David Schlittler v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2014-11-07· cited 5×
• Senn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-01-12· cited 5×
• Rodney James Ricketts v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2014-09-04
• Daniel Eli Aranda A/K/A Daniel Aranda v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2009-02-05
• Stephen Kyle Helmcamp v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-01-05
• Sammy Lopez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2013-06-27
• Adam Wade Remillard v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2014-01-09
• State v. Jon Peddy Goodard
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2013-03-12
• Juan Enrique Gomez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2010-12-09
• in Re the State of Texas Ex. Rel. Stephen B. Tyler
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2015-10-30
• Jesse Dimas Alvarado v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2015-06-18
• Tommie Ray Limbrick v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2015-11-17
• Edward Joseph Osuna v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2018-07-03
• Ex Parte: Scott Kent Chamberlain
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2021-08-24
• Aaron York Dean v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2024-02-15
• Joshua Daniel Brumbalow v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2025-05-20

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-01· cited 7,112×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-13· cited 6,146×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-06-01· cited 2,561×
• Mayhew v. Town of Sunnyvale
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-05-08· cited 1,828×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-04-14· cited 1,653×
• Johnson v. Rodriguez
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-04-23· cited 508×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-04-12· cited 447×
• Granger v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-09-29· cited 440×
• Vasquez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-01-15· cited 391×
• Hamel v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-01-24· cited 361×
• Young v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-04-26· cited 353×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-03-08· cited 294×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2001-05-31· cited 265×
• Devine v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-06-28· cited 242×
• Henderson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-12-03· cited 236×
• Rose v. Doctors Hospital
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-12-19· cited 232×
• Dyson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-06-27· cited 203×
• Arnold v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-11-10· cited 202×
• Racine Charter One, Inc. D/B/A 21st Century Preparatory School, Christine Hauck, and Sherry James v. Racine Unified School District
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-09-22· cited 92×