Gaines v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Punishment within the limits authorized by the statute does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment nor render the punishment excessive and insupportable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Chappell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-02-05· cited 49×
• Richard Donald Gill v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-04-28· cited 13×
• Hyde v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1986-12-02· cited 12×
• Thorn v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1983-10-05· cited 6×
• Craner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1989-09-12· cited 6×
• Green v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-12-13· cited 4×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-06-06· cited 3×
• Tweedy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1983-02-02· cited 2×
• Bazldua v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1982-05-15· cited 1×
• Lorenza Leon Blaylock, Jr. v. State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2002-07-03
• Reposa, Ex Parte Adam
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-10-28
• Matthew C. Sherwood v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2010-04-21
• Jonathan Daniel Ochoa v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2010-01-20
• Alicia Midkiff v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2015-05-06
• Clarence William McClure v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2015-11-20
• Steven Anthony Roe v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2015-10-05
• Monte Ross v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2015-10-26
• John Lee Bowman v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2015-11-30
• Keevin Dashawn Byrd v. State
  Texas Supreme Court· 2016-10-10
• Tanner Dale Sims v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2022-07-20

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Martinez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1969-01-08· cited 212×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1969-04-02· cited 97×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1968-12-18· cited 50×
• Glenn v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1969-04-02· cited 28×
• Wood v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1969-04-23· cited 15×