Harrison v. State

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• finding prosecution after mistrial barred by double jeopardy because mistrial was not manifestly necessary. The defense attorney did not inject his credibility as an issue in the trial by indicating on cross-examination that he had personal knowledge of a tangential issue.
• finding prosecution after mistrial barred by double jeopardy because mistrial was not manifestly necessary. The defense attorney did not inject his credibility as an issue in the trial by indicating on cross-examination that he had personal knowledge of a tangential issue.
• “[Washington] emphasizes that in the context of a declaration of mistrial involving an assessment of the prejudicial impact upon the jury of some impropriety, the trial judge’s decision is entitled to great deference . . . .”
• there is no violation of the rule where it is not obvious that defense counsel might be a witness prejudicial to his client
• there is no violation of the rule where it is not obvious that defense counsel might be a witness prejudicial to his client
• “[ Washington ] emphasizes that in the context of a declaration of mistrial involving an assessment of the prejudicial impact upon the jury of some impropriety, the trial judge’s decision is entitled to great deference . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Gonzalez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-10-08· cited 258×
• Hill v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-11-06· cited 171×
• State Ex Rel. Eidson v. Edwards
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-06-27· cited 158×
• Ex Parte Little
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-11-02· cited 122×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-09-13· cited 90×
• Pierson, Leonard Jr.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-04-09· cited 64×
• Ricketts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2002-11-27· cited 59×
• Ex Parte Fierro
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-06-26· cited 56×
• Gonzalez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-11-29· cited 32×
• Zavala v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1997-11-06· cited 30×
• Ex Parte Williams
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-03-15· cited 27×
• Johnson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-09-29· cited 27×
• Ex Parte Joseph Montano
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2014-11-20· cited 19×
• Leonard Pierson, Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2013-04-19· cited 18×
• Ledesma v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1999-04-29· cited 16×
• Ex Parte Fortune
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-10-24· cited 14×
• In re S.G.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1996-11-20· cited 11×
• Maydon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2004-09-16· cited 10×
• Sonnier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-12-23· cited 2×
• Matter of Sg
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1996-11-20