Lewis 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 legal competence is distinct from competence to stand trial
• rejecting appellant’s argument that court lacked jurisdiction over him because he was a “freeman”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Lindsey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2018-02-06· cited 18×
• Yusuf Hotep-El v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-11-13· cited 2×
• Leonard Mornes v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2018-08-08
• Shane Hawkins D/B/A Genesis II Church of Health and Healing Chapter 119 v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2018-09-27
• Jack H. Meyer v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2019-09-11
• Artavias Chovan Cole v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2019-11-13
• Ethan Watson Borne v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2020-01-08
• Francisco Sanchez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2021-03-31
• Commonwealth v. Haltiwanger
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2021-05-11
• John David Babyak v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2022-06-29
• Jeremy C. MacDonald v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2023-10-11
• Denise Rodriguez v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2023-11-30
• Anthony Scott White v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2023-12-06
• Roland Davis v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2024-05-21
• Roman Angelo Royal v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2024-12-13
• Bonnie Allen Thomas A/K/A Bonnie Ruth Allen Pieroni A/K/A Bonnie Straight v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2025-01-16
• Michael Allen Wells v. Zachary Ryan Sumruld; Dianna Clapp; Craig Menear; Ted Decker; Richard McPhail, and Sherre MacLin
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2025-03-06
• Juan Manuel Casares v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2025-05-22
• In the Interest of J.S., a Child v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2025-05-22
• In the Interest of T.A., a Child v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2025-07-17

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• United States v. Ross
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-01· cited 3,985×
• Arizona v. Gant
  Supreme Court· 2009-04-21· cited 2,725×
• McKaskle v. Wiggins
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-23· cited 2,288×
• United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez
  Supreme Court· 2006-06-26· cited 1,863×
• Indiana v. Edwards
  Supreme Court· 2008-06-19· cited 1,118×
• Mitchell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-01-30· cited 850×
• Martinez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District
  Supreme Court· 2000-01-24· cited 840×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-06-17· cited 811×
• Madden v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-12-19· cited 672×
• United States v. Benabe
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-08-18· cited 454×
• McDaniel v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-02-26· cited 299×
• Scarbrough v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-06-14· cited 161×
• Chadwick v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-05-05· cited 89×
• Dahlem v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2010-07-15· cited 49×
• Hobbs v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-02-23· cited 40×
• Kelly v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-01-27· cited 37×
• United States v. Mitchell
  D. Maryland· 2005-12-19· cited 34×
• Birdwell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1999-12-09· cited 33×