Howard 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, to commit robbery, defendant must be “aware that his conduct is reasonably certain to place someone in fear” of imminent bodily harm
• recognizing that when the jury could have found the appellant guilty for either culpable mental state, “we need only address the less-culpable mental state of knowingly”
• recognizing that when the jury could have found the appellant guilty for either culpable mental state, “we need only address the less-culpable mental state of knowingly”
• holding that State can obtain robbery conviction upon proving lesser mental state of knowingly
• concluding evidence was legally sufficient to show robbery under section 29.02(a)(2) where complainant testified “he was frightened by the appellant”
• recognizing that inquiry’s focus is on the defendant’s conduct

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Jacob Matthew Kiffe v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-10-13· cited 154×
• Temple v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-12-21· cited 124×
• Boston, Ronald Glen
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-10-09· cited 81×
• Ronald Glen Boston v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2012-06-27· cited 73×
• Young v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-01-10· cited 69×
• Jones v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-05-26· cited 60×
• Edwards v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-06-16· cited 57×
• United States v. Latroy Burris
  Fifth Circuit· 2019-04-10· cited 47×
• Mayberry v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2011-08-10· cited 42×
• Green v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-08-12· cited 29×
• Laviage v. Fite
  Fifth Circuit· 2022-08-29· cited 25×
• Cooper v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-05-14· cited 24×
• United States v. Anthony Hall, Jr.
  Eighth Circuit· 2017-12-14· cited 20×
• Vela, Kenneth
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2015-05-13· cited 18×
• Odell Burgess v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-09-30· cited 16×
• Darius Houston-Randle v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-07-26· cited 10×
• RUIZ-ANGELES v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-08-09· cited 7×
• Joyce Black v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2018-04-05· cited 7×
• Meza v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-10-04· cited 7×
• In re D.L.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2018-01-18· cited 6×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brooks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-10-06· cited 6,365×
• Devine v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-06-28· cited 242×
• Olivas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-10-04· cited 177×
• Cranford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1964-03-25· cited 60×
• Green v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-06-21· cited 54×
• Howard v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2010-02-23· cited 23×
• Rayford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1968-01-17· cited 19×
• Polk v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1952-01-23· cited 14×