Edwards 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 charge of attempt to possess is completed offense under section 481.129(a)(5), carrying same penalty as actually possessing controlled substance by fraudulent means, and that such charge is inconsistent with criminal attempt under section 15.01 of Penal Code
• noting that punishment depends on classification of controlled substance that actor possesses or attempts to possess, not on whether actor is successful in obtaining possession
• noting that “Section 15.01 does not apply to an ‘attempt to possess’ charge brought under Section 481.129(a)(5)”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• James Fountain v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2018-08-03
• Timothy Patrick Lee v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2020-10-30

Cites

26 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×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Almanza v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-02-27· cited 6,557×
• Brooks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-10-06· cited 6,365×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-13· cited 6,146×
• Malik v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-09-10· cited 4,984×
• Clayton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-10-10· cited 4,127×
• Bone v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-06-19· cited 2,687×
• Ngo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-03-16· cited 2,169×
• Rylander v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-03-26· cited 1,786×
• Patrick v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-09-20· cited 1,680×
• Garcia v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-10-03· cited 1,670×
• Isassi v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-12-08· cited 1,500×
• Tong v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-09-20· cited 1,364×
• Andrews v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-03-23· cited 1,093×
• Winfrey, Megan AKA Megan Winfrey Hammond
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-02-27· cited 784×
• Kirsch, Scott Alan
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-01-25· cited 725×
• Vernon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-11-04· cited 493×
• Polk v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2010-12-23· cited 485×
• Ex Parte Chandler
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-04-13· cited 353×