Hernandez 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 veniremember who believed that police officers would always tell the truth should have been excused for cause
• holding that venire person who said she would always believe police officer witnesses was challengeable for cause
• holding that venire member was properly challengeable for cause under article 35.16(a)(9) because she stated her belief that a police officer would not tell a lie under any circumstance
• holding that venire member was properly challengeable for cause under article 35.16(a)(9) because she stated her belief that a police officer would not tell a lie under any circumstance
• finding defense challenge improperly denied as to prospective juror based on her attitude toward the credibility of police officers constituted a bias against the defendant
• juror’s attitude towards police officers led to inference of bias against appellant, and challenge for cause should have been granted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Sharp v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-04-09· cited 1,862×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-03-28· cited 589×
• Gardner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-03-25· cited 509×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-09-16· cited 452×
• Standefer v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-10-31· cited 451×
• Barajas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-06-26· cited 390×
• Bell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-03-19· cited 373×
• Castillo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-11-29· cited 250×
• O'BRYAN v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-09-26· cited 233×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-09-13· cited 216×
• Lee v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-06-15· cited 205×
• Little v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-03-23· cited 199×
• Sanne v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-09-10· cited 169×
• White v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-09-23· cited 145×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-11-20· cited 139×
• Barefoot v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-03-12· cited 126×
• Brandon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-05-21· cited 120×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-09-20· cited 111×
• Payton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-10-04· cited 106×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-09-21· cited 86×