Lawrence 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 motion to quash an indictment could not be used to attack the sufficiency of the State’s evidence
• concluding that under the unambiguous language of the Penal Code the death of a woman and her unborn child was the death of “more than one person”
• recognizing the 2003 legislative amendment authorizing capital prosecution for the murder of a mother and her fetus
• recognizing the 2003 legislative amendment authorizing capital prosecution for the murder of a mother and her fetus
• applying the de novo standard when reviewing a trial court’s decision to deny a motion to quash an indictment
• applying a de novo standard of review to a trial court’s decision denying a motion to quash an indictment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Estrada v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-06-16· cited 582×
• Lo, Ex Parte John Christopher
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-10-30· cited 455×
• State of Texas v. Rosseau, Robert Louis
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-04-17· cited 223×
• State v. Iduarte
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-10-29· cited 199×
• Flores v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-02-13· cited 188×
• Roberts v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-12-17· cited 176×
• State v. Barbernell
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-07-02· cited 148×
• Pomier v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-10-21· cited 96×
• James Sample v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2013-06-13· cited 89×
• Perez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2008-08-07· cited 55×
• State v. Zuniga
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2017-03-08· cited 53×
• Jose Isaas Herrera AKA Jose Isaas Herrera, Sr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-04-17· cited 52×
• Watson, Crystal Michelle
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-06-27· cited 49×
• Nathan G. Mims v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2014-04-24· cited 41×
• Ex Parte Christopher Ruben Zavala
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2013-12-11· cited 39×
• Samuel Espinoza Rodriguez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-03-10· cited 37×
• White v. Thaler
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-06-30· cited 35×
• Bruce Alan McMillian v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-11-29· cited 31×
• Goyzueta v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-08-26· cited 30×
• Martinez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-10-06· cited 30×

Cites

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

• Roe v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 5,581×
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-29· cited 2,492×
• Maher v. Roe
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-20· cited 748×
• State v. Moff
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-10-06· cited 633×
• Gonzales v. Carhart
  Supreme Court· 2007-04-18· cited 529×
• Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
  Supreme Court· 1989-07-03· cited 490×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-09-18· cited 448×
• Ex Parte Granviel
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-02-01· cited 401×
• State v. Mays
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-04-15· cited 208×
• State v. Holcombe
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-03-22· cited 125×
• Poelker v. Doe
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-20· cited 113×
• Commonwealth v. Bullock
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-27· cited 110×
• State v. Merrill
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1990-01-19· cited 96×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-01-12· cited 90×
• People v. Davis
  California Supreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 68×
• State v. MacGuire
  Utah Supreme Court· 2004-01-23· cited 48×
• People v. Ford
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-11-07· cited 31×
• Flores v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2007-01-24· cited 27×
• Brinkley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-10-31· cited 20×
• Wayne Coleman v. Don Dewitt, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 2002-03-12· cited 19×

Other cases named Lawrence v. State

276 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Lawrence v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1978-05-03· cited 119×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 108×
• Lawrence v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1972-09-11· cited 102×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-11-06· cited 100×
• Lawrence v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1984-07-02· cited 96×
• Lawrence v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1984-06-29· cited 78×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2005-07-07· cited 76×
• Lawrence v. State
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1925-11-06· cited 60×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-03-20· cited 47×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1982-01-26· cited 43×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-10-17· cited 40×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-11-01· cited 37×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-02-27· cited 36×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-10-07· cited 35×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2021-08-10· cited 32×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-25· cited 31×
• Lawrence v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-01-11· cited 31×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-03-24· cited 30×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-01-29· cited 29×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-08-28· cited 27×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1988-11-25· cited 27×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-03-11· cited 24×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-12-09· cited 23×
• Lawrence v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-03-15· cited 22×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1990-08-20· cited 21×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-03-13· cited 18×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-01-15· cited 18×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-06-26· cited 17×
• Lawrence v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-07-16· cited 17×
• Lawrence v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1963-09-24· cited 16×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-07-13· cited 15×
• Lawrence v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-12-14· cited 14×
• Lawrence v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1996-05-08· cited 14×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1881-09-15· cited 14×
• Lawrence v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-09-10· cited 13×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-16· cited 13×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-10-01· cited 13×
• Lawrence v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2006-12-27· cited 13×
• Lawrence v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1968-04-04· cited 13×
• Lawrence v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1980-11-26· cited 13×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1982-05-07· cited 13×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1903-01-15· cited 13×
• Lawrence v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-12-19· cited 11×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-10-07· cited 11×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-05-13· cited 11×
• Lawrence v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-06-19· cited 10×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-03-27· cited 10×
• Lawrence v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-01-24· cited 10×
• Lawrence v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1992-07-08· cited 10×
• Lawrence v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1988-03-22· cited 10×