Hayes v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that autopsy photographs showing entry and exit wounds were relevant to explain the way in which the victim was killed
• holding alterations of body by autopsy process are of minor significance when disturbing nature of photographs derive primarily from injuries sustained
• holding alterations of body by autopsy process are of minor significance when disturbing nature of photographs derive primarily from injuries sustained
• stating that autopsy photographs are generally admissible unless they depict mutilation caused by the autopsy itself
• stating that the circumstances of the offense alone may be sufficient to support an affirmative answer to the future dangerousness special issue
• stating that in cases of non- constitutional error, “any error that does not affect a substantial right of the appellant is harmless”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Gardner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-10-21· cited 640×
• Young v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-04-22· cited 604×
• Pena, Jose Luis
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-09-28· cited 438×
• Devoe, Paul Gilbert
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-12-14· cited 430×
• Rayford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-11-19· cited 305×
• Guevara v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-01-15· cited 187×
• Moreno Denoso v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2005-02-03· cited 87×
• Render v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2011-08-18· cited 78×
• Moore v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2004-07-21· cited 72×
• Wright v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-11-17· cited 71×
• Orr v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2010-02-18· cited 53×
• Flores v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2010-01-13· cited 42×
• Badillo v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2008-01-02· cited 38×
• Jones v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2007-08-01· cited 37×
• William Owens v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2012-09-19· cited 33×
• Martinez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2004-11-24· cited 28×
• Ex Parte Graves
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2008-11-05· cited 26×
• Williams v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2004-11-24· cited 23×
• Saxer v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2003-08-29· cited 23×
• Kerry Gittens v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2018-07-31· cited 23×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Montgomery v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-06-19· cited 7,264×
• United States v. Agurs
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-24· cited 6,537×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-12-18· cited 2,034×
• Santellan v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-01-29· cited 1,995×
• Ladd v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-06· cited 1,900×
• Wyatt v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-05-03· cited 1,327×
• Rojas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-09-23· cited 428×
• Schutz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-12-19· cited 231×
• Kunkle v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-06-18· cited 227×
• Havard v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-11-28· cited 215×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-06-22· cited 77×