Ledesma 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 trial court must determine whether alternative courses of action are available and, if so, choose one that is less drastic than a mistrial
• holding that a trial court must determine whether alternative courses of action are available and, if so, choose one that is less drastic than a mistrial
• holding that a trial court must determine whether alternative courses of action are available and, if so, choose one that is less drastic than a mistrial
• recognizing trial on the merits commences at the time the jury is impaneled and sworn
• reviewing the trial court’s finding of manifest necessity for mistrial by applying an abuse of discretion standard
• reviewing the trial court’s finding of manifest necessity for mistrial by applying an abuse of discretion standard

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ex Parte Bruce
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-10-15· cited 37×
• Parrish v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-02-15· cited 21×
• Ex Parte Joseph Montano
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2014-11-20· cited 19×
• Ex Parte Lyle D. Huddlestun, Jr.
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2016-11-04· cited 10×
• Garrels, Ex Parte Elizabeth Ann
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2018-09-19· cited 8×
• Wilbert Shuron Jones v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2004-02-12
• Ex Parte Glen Ray Bruce
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2003-06-19
• James Mitchell, Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2003-06-25
• Allen Alvin Lee, Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2002-05-29
• Dale Raymond Crunk v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2009-09-17
• Ex Parte Roy Wayne Jackson Jr.
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2014-08-06
• Francisco S. Morales v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2015-03-11
• Aspen Warren v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2017-12-21
• Charles Clyde Ingram v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2019-12-12

Cites

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

• Clewis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-01-31· cited 5,788×
• Cain v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-12-18· cited 3,887×
• Arizona v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1978-02-21· cited 2,314×
• United States v. Perez
  Supreme Court· 1824-03-23· cited 1,814×
• Kelly v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-02-05· cited 1,156×
• Downum v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1963-04-22· cited 985×
• Gori v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1961-10-09· cited 679×
• Stone v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-04-15· cited 548×
• Torres v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-04-15· cited 178×
• Ex Parte Little
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-11-02· cited 122×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-09-13· cited 90×
• Harrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-04-18· cited 51×
• Hinojosa v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1994-03-10· cited 39×
• Carmell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1998-03-26· cited 31×
• Ex Parte Williams
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-03-15· cited 27×
• Satterwhite v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-09-23· cited 22×
• Stern v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1996-06-13· cited 22×
• Sandoval v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1996-11-20· cited 14×
• Satterwhite v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1997-08-28· cited 8×
• Ex parte Homann
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1989-11-29· cited 5×