King v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that the potential harm of the complained-of evidence can be “defused by properly admitted evidence”
• holding that improperly admitted evidence was not constitutional error
• holding error harmless with regard to admission of appellant’s fighting and traffic violations as well as marijuana and amphetamine use in “pen packet” when evidence paled in comparison to properly admitted evidence of theft, burglary, and cocaine use
• announcing the test for determining whether trial error affects a substantial right under Rule of Appellate Procedure 44.2(b) (quoting Kotteakos v. United States, 328 U.S. 750, 776, 66 S.Ct. 1239, 90 L.Ed. 1557 (1946))
• holding erroneous admission of records regarding defendant’s previous incarcerations was harmless
• noting jury could observe escalation in crimes from defendant’s chronological criminal history to assess greater punishment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1,929 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ladd v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-06· cited 1,900×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-04-15· cited 1,896×
• Motilla v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-06-26· cited 1,558×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-05-17· cited 1,065×
• Walters v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-12-05· cited 850×
• Coble v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-10-13· cited 848×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-10-29· cited 801×
• Morales v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-12-06· cited 697×
• Best v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-09-25· cited 687×
• Gardner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-10-21· cited 640×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-03-28· cited 589×
• Ibarra v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-20· cited 582×
• Haley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-10-05· cited 573×
• Trevino v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-05-12· cited 481×
• Swain v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-11-02· cited 471×
• Garcia v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-01-21· cited 455×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-09-16· cited 452×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-12-15· cited 441×
• Granados v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-05-08· cited 418×
• Couchman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1999-09-09· cited 411×

Cites

26 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×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Penry v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,957×
• Pulley v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-23· cited 2,080×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-12-18· cited 2,034×
• McFarland v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-02-21· cited 1,746×
• Dowthitt v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-06-26· cited 1,429×
• McDuff v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-01-22· cited 1,412×
• McFarland v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-09-23· cited 1,003×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-01-29· cited 954×
• Barnes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-02-09· cited 623×
• Bell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-11-20· cited 561×
• Lawton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-01-17· cited 507×
• Barley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-06-21· cited 487×
• Sonnier v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-01-10· cited 461×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-04-29· cited 371×
• Hughes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-04-13· cited 341×
• Martinez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-06-16· cited 297×
• Matamoros v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-06-14· cited 289×
• Coffin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-10-12· cited 278×