Griffin v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stealing a mailbox or a window shutter attached to the side of a house would not be entry so as to constitute burglary
• theft of a hubcap and tire attached to the outside of the car was not an entry of a vehicle
• theft of a hubcap and tire attached to the outside of the car was not an entry of a vehicle
• “Section 30.02 abolished the distinction between daytime and nighttime burglary and abolished any requirement for a ‘breaking,’ requiring only an entry with the requisite intent.”
• the court also gave other examples of thefts from a vehicle that would not amount to burglary: hood ornament, antenna, tires

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• American Justice Insurance Reciprocal v. Hutchison
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-03-27· cited 92×
• Hernandez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 1996-01-10· cited 82×
• Richardson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-12-14· cited 48×
• Neuman v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1997-09-25· cited 44×
• Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London v. Law
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-06-02· cited 22×
• State v. Faria
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2002-12-30· cited 19×
• Williams v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 1999-08-25· cited 18×
• Kelly v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 1992-06-17· cited 13×
• Drew v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-11-09· cited 12×
• Hopkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-09-23· cited 7×
• Alexander v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-04-13· cited 7×
• People v. Rhodus
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2012-08-02· cited 5×
• Wooten v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2006-10-06· cited 2×
• Ford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-08-25· cited 2×
• Richardson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-12-09· cited 2×
• Kenneth Neuman v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1997-08-28
• Mark Lyn Shrader v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2009-11-10
• James A. Hopkins and Jean C. Hopkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2009-11-10
• Germaine Saxon Staten v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2003-11-14
• in the Interest of R. W., II, K. W., C. W., and J. S., Children
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2006-11-22