Evans v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “The law contemplates evidence personal to the accused, not comparisons with the convictions and punishments of other defendants.”
• “We do not see how the conviction and punishment of a co-defendant could mitigate appellant's culpability in the crime. Each defendant should be judged by his own conduct and participation and by his own circumstances.”
• “We do not see how the conviction and punishment of a co-defendant could mitigate appellant’s culpability in the crime. Each defendant should be judged by his own conduct and participation and by his own circumstances.”
• “We do not see how the conviction and punishment of a co-defendant could mitigate appellant’s culpability in the crime. Each defendant should be judged by his own conduct and participation and by his own circumstances.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cook v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-04-07· cited 564×
• Green v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-07-11· cited 224×
• Morris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-09-11· cited 93×
• State v. Malone Service Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-06-17· cited 54×
• Michael Wayne Evans v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-06-04· cited 51×
• Evans v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1984-03-19· cited 30×
• Rebecca Victoria Humaran v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-10-15· cited 20×
• Michael Wayne Evans v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-12-03· cited 18×
• Eichelberger v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2007-05-31· cited 11×
• McKinney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1986-12-11· cited 3×
• Jaimey Dale Eichelberger v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2007-05-31
• Raymond Joseph Fierro v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2007-03-22
• Kenric Leal Marshall v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2009-09-24
• Justin Ryan McCarthy v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2009-09-24
• Joubert, Elijah Dwayne
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-10-03
• Eduardo Leme De Oliveira v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2013-02-21
• Cary, David Frederick
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-04-21
• Don Lee Lewis Jr. v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2025-08-27
• Deveon Jeffrey Taylor-White v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2026-02-25

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Jurek v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,034×
• Castaneda v. Partida
  Supreme Court· 1977-03-23· cited 1,507×
• Jurek v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-04-16· cited 238×
• Bass v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-09-23· cited 72×
• Moon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-11-19· cited 67×
• Maloy v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-06-13· cited 39×
• Espinoza v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-06-11· cited 11×