Ex Parte Andrews

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the gravamen of the offense is the physical adaptation of the instrument
• “An object does not become a criminal instrument by the context of its use, but by the limited nature and specialized criminal use of its own distinctive properties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Bartee
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1995-02-15· cited 32×
• State v. Habern
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1997-04-10· cited 20×
• State v. Boado
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1999-12-03· cited 12×
• Danzi, Joshua Van v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2003-03-27· cited 7×
• Juan Jose Guerra v. State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2013-02-14· cited 5×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-10-28· cited 3×
• Chopps Jr., Alonzo v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-06-13· cited 2×
• Ex parte Chunn
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-04-15· cited 2×
• Martin, Ruth Ann v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2005-08-18