Kennedy 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 prosecutor’s comment calling the appellant “the biggest coward that walks the face of the earth,” a reasonable deduction from the evidence where evidence demonstrated appellant stabbed a man and killed him without provocation
• holding prosecutor’s comment calling the appellant “the biggest coward that walks the face of the earth,” a reasonable deduction from the evidence where evidence demonstrated appellant stabbed a man and killed him without provocation
• holding trial court did not err by denying requested instruction on defense of third person where evidence showed complainant was not threatening third persons, but grappling with appellant and appellant's testimony contradicted defense of third person
• holding prosecutor = s comment calling the appellant A the biggest coward that walks the face of the earth, @ a reasonable deduction from the evidence where evidence demonstrated appellant stabbed a man and killed him without provocation
• “use of colorful perjoratives is not improper”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-08-26· cited 177×
• Swearingen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-12-04· cited 110×
• Reginald J. Qualls v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2018-04-12· cited 49×
• Madrigal v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2011-07-07· cited 29×
• Hawkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2008-10-23· cited 14×
• Michael Jones, II v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2015-01-12
• Dominique Anthony Dorsey v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2009-10-29
• Rudy Rodriguez, Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2009-10-22
• Johnnie Green Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2009-02-26
• Xuxian Niu v. Revcor Molded Products Company and Rob Knight
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2006-10-12
• Howard MacK v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2006-10-12
• Tyler Hudson Hearne v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2006-09-07
• David Irvin v. Smiley's Studio, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2006-09-07
• Arthur Dennis Garcia v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2007-03-01
• James Anthony Davis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2008-08-26
• Luther Ben Long v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2009-05-14
• Tye Van Swearingen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-12-04
• Javier De La Rosa v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2006-07-26
• in Re: Energas Company
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2001-09-20
• Kevin McElroy v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2003-12-15

Cites

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

• Kotteakos v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1946-06-10· cited 7,845×
• Mosley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-07-01· cited 2,969×
• Wesbrook v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-09-20· cited 2,816×
• King v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-09-24· cited 2,567×
• Matson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-10-16· cited 1,540×
• Dinkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-02-01· cited 1,534×
• Green v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-09-11· cited 1,305×
• Alejandro v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-04-11· cited 877×
• Reyna v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-06-29· cited 776×
• David W. McKay v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1986-10-06· cited 757×
• Martinez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-05-17· cited 727×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-06-10· cited 698×
• Feldman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-02-20· cited 654×
• Felder v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-09-16· cited 557×
• Adanandus v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-06-16· cited 505×
• Chambers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-10-27· cited 477×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-09-16· cited 452×
• Mann v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 371×
• Godsey v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-10-01· cited 358×
• McKay v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-10-02· cited 356×