Hawkins v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an instruction that “the jury is so instructed,” when counsel asked for a particular instruction, was sufficient to cure error
• stating that improper argument is incurable when it is “so prejudicial that expenditure of further time and expense would be wasteful and futile”
• holding that courts should consider effectiveness of curative measures taken
• noting that the number and nature of other crimes is a relevant factor in whether or not the same punishment would have been assessed without the improper argument
• noting that the number and nature of other crimes is a relevant factor in whether or not the same punishment would have been assessed without the improper argument
• adopting Mosley factors to evaluate whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying a mistrial for improper argument

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1,016 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Archie v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-05-02· cited 684×
• Ocon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-06-03· cited 525×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-05-25· cited 374×
• Archie v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-06-08· cited 233×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-01-18· cited 200×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-06-11· cited 195×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-08-26· cited 177×
• Franklin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-06-30· cited 161×
• Darcy, Christopher Earl
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2016-04-27· cited 140×
• Longoria v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-01-25· cited 134×
• Abbott v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2006-07-11· cited 119×
• Ex Parte Lane
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-12-16· cited 114×
• Jose Marvin Martinez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-06-23· cited 112×
• Ramon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-12-15· cited 105×
• Dossett v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2007-02-28· cited 94×
• Lair v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2008-07-03· cited 89×
• Gonzalez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-03-17· cited 77×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-09-12· cited 75×
• Austin v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-04-10· cited 74×
• Kibble v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-05-11· cited 72×

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Almanza v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-02-27· cited 6,557×
• Mosley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-07-01· cited 2,969×
• Wesbrook v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-09-20· cited 2,816×
• Ladd v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-06· cited 1,900×
• Marin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-03-10· cited 1,480×
• Cain v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-06-18· cited 1,033×
• Alejandro v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-04-11· cited 877×
• Martinez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-05-17· cited 727×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-10-01· cited 640×
• Cook v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-04-13· cited 507×
• Cooks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-09-16· cited 501×
• Allridge v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-05-11· cited 429×
• Borjan v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-03-21· cited 409×
• Todd v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-05-07· cited 378×
• Canales v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-01-15· cited 306×
• Kinnamon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-04-18· cited 274×
• State Ex Rel. Eidson v. Edwards
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-06-27· cited 158×
• Foster v. Neal
  Supreme Court· 2001-03-26· cited 140×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-06-26· cited 137×
• Ford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-05-01· cited 131×

Other cases named Hawkins v. State

401 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Hawkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2003-08-14· cited 701×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-10-19· cited 351×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-09-21· cited 119×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-09-10· cited 97×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-01-14· cited 89×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1885-02-25· cited 81×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1995-01-10· cited 69×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-10-01· cited 67×
• Hawkins v. State
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1965-02-02· cited 54×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1971-03-23· cited 52×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-02-24· cited 51×
• Hawkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-01-29· cited 49×
• Hawkins v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1967-07-28· cited 49×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1986-04-22· cited 46×
• Hawkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2007-01-03· cited 44×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-05-25· cited 40×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-01-09· cited 39×
• Hawkins v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-02-09· cited 37×
• Hawkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1993-05-20· cited 35×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-06-22· cited 33×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-04-14· cited 32×
• Hawkins v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1993-12-14· cited 32×
• Hawkins v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1890-10-31· cited 32×
• Hawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-07-14· cited 31×
• Hawkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 1998-06-10· cited 31×
• Hawkins v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1955-05-16· cited 27×
• Hawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-08-20· cited 27×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1974-06-04· cited 26×
• Hawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1914-01-13· cited 26×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-03-08· cited 25×
• Hawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2002-04-25· cited 25×
• Hawkins v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-05-24· cited 24×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-10-09· cited 24×
• Hawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1958-03-20· cited 24×
• Hawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-09-23· cited 23×
• Hawkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1990-05-24· cited 23×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1989-03-31· cited 23×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1971-07-28· cited 23×
• Hawkins v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2011-08-04· cited 23×
• Hawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-23· cited 23×
• Hawkins v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2012-09-20· cited 22×
• Hawkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2003-03-06· cited 21×
• Hawkins v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-04-29· cited 21×
• Hawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1858-03-15· cited 21×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-11-04· cited 20×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-08-30· cited 20×
• Hawkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1990-06-25· cited 20×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1977-09-16· cited 19×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-06-22· cited 19×
• Hawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1991-04-19· cited 17×