Irby 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 the defendant did not have a constitutional right to question a witness about his status as a juvenile probationer
• explaining that trial courts retain “wide latitude” to impose reasonable limits on cross-examination based on concerns about such matters as prejudice, confusion of issues, and questioning that is only marginally relevant
• explaining that trial courts retain \wide latitude\ to impose reasonable limits on cross-examination based on concerns about such matters as prejudice, confusion of issues, and questioning that is only marginally relevant
• interpreting Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308 (1974), and requiring a “logical connection between the evidence suggesting bias or motive and the witness’s testimony”
• observing trial court has “wide latitude to impose reasonable limits on [] cross- examination” during “interrogation that is repetitive or only marginally relevant”
• discussing how the Confrontation Clause may require admission of evidence reasonably calculated to expose a witness’s motive, bias, or interest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-02-02· cited 347×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2016-05-25· cited 321×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2014-06-18· cited 72×
• Smith v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2011-06-16· cited 52×
• Roel David Gonzalez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-05-16· cited 33×
• Alex Molina v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-10-30· cited 17×
• Kory Nelson Turner v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2012-08-09· cited 17×
• Gerard Jay Tollett v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-02-04· cited 16×
• Roderick Beham v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2015-09-18· cited 16×
• London v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-08-08· cited 16×
• Chitwood v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2011-09-06· cited 14×
• Richard Andrews v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2014-04-23· cited 14×
• Beltran v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-03-08· cited 11×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2019-03-27· cited 11×
• People v. Margerum
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2018-04-19· cited 8×
• Joe Dale Johnson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2014-10-09· cited 7×
• Joe Amos Shaw v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-01-23· cited 6×
• Marcos Antonio Celis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2012-05-24· cited 6×
• Dedric D'Shawn Jones v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2017-08-01· cited 4×
• Nicholas A. Balderama v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2013-12-18· cited 2×

Cites

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

• Delaware v. Van Arsdall
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-07· cited 7,102×
• Davis v. Alaska
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
  Supreme Court· 1987-02-24· cited 2,521×
• Douglas v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-05· cited 1,939×
• Delaware v. Fensterer
  Supreme Court· 1985-11-04· cited 1,786×
• Adams v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 1,718×
• Alford v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-02-24· cited 1,352×
• United States v. Abel
  Supreme Court· 1984-12-10· cited 1,044×
• Hammer v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-04-08· cited 593×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-12-15· cited 441×
• Carroll v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-01-24· cited 415×
• Ex Parte Kimes
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-11-24· cited 234×
• Janecka v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-11-12· cited 224×
• United States v. Phillip Onori and Theodore Bukky
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-07-26· cited 205×
• People v. Triplett
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-10-18· cited 179×
• Maxwell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-06-13· cited 164×
• Hoyos v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-11-18· cited 162×
• Carpenter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-09-30· cited 161×
• Callins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-09-27· cited 134×
• Moreno v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-27· cited 121×

Other cases named Irby v. State

26 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Irby v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-12-02· cited 26×
• Irby v. State
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1973-10-02· cited 24×
• Irby v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1894-10-08· cited 18×
• Irby v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1986-03-06· cited 16×
• Irby v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-12-09· cited 11×
• Irby v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-02-01· cited 9×
• Irby v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 1988-05-19· cited 7×
• Irby v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-08-30· cited 4×
• Irby v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-08-23· cited 4×
• Irby v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-09-26· cited 3×
• Irby v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-02-09· cited 2×
• Irby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1986-05-01· cited 2×
• Irby v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1861-03-15· cited 2×
• Irby v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1972-12-05· cited 2×
• Irby v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1907-10-15· cited 2×
• Irby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1938-01-07· cited 1×
• Irby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-12-05· cited 1×
• Irby v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-04-13· cited 1×
• Irby v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-07-17· cited 1×
• Irby v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-11-25· cited 1×
• Irby v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-01-28
• Irby v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2011-02-01
• Irby v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1913-03-19
• Irby v. State
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1999-11-12
• Irby v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-03-01
• Irby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1995-11-14