Johnston 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 a lit cigarette used to intentionally burn a child “could only be capable of causing death or serious bodily injury if used in a manner different from that supported by the record”
• “An alleged deadly weapon’s capability of causing death or serious bodily injury in the manner of its use must be evaluated in light of the facts that actually existed when the felony was committed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Johnston v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-09-15· cited 247×
• Dobbins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-05-10· cited 94×
• Johnston v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2004-08-12· cited 51×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-06-01· cited 27×
• Drichas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2004-11-09· cited 12×
• Ricky Lynn Mills v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2012-06-06· cited 8×
• Prisscilla Lorraine Mechell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2011-09-14· cited 7×
• Pena v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-03-02· cited 7×
• Ronchekal Demune Yon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2013-09-04· cited 3×
• Preston Joe Sharpnack v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2015-07-09
• Ty Johnston v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2004-08-12
• Raymond Davis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2004-05-27
• Timothy Harper v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2006-11-03
• Sammy Zapata v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2007-02-06
• in the Matter of the Marriage of Jeffery Dwight Marris and Kara Jane Mullins Marris and in the Interest of Kaitlyn Mullins, a Child
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2003-07-15
• David Drichas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2004-11-09
• James Willard Ransdell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2007-05-08
• Richard Leonar Whytus v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-02-27
• Marcus Lee Tucker v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2007-03-15
• Jeffery Tramone Dobbins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-03-27

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-02-09· cited 6,445×
• Garcia v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-10-03· cited 1,670×
• Griffin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-04-15· cited 993×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-11-28· cited 649×
• McCain v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-03-22· cited 634×
• Rankin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-07-08· cited 614×
• Skillern v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1995-01-18· cited 298×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1997-02-27· cited 239×
• Patton v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2000-08-10· cited 77×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-07-01· cited 67×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2000-12-14· cited 24×