Lofton v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• even if defendant intended only to prevent his arrest, force used in striking officer in face was at least reckless in causing bodily injury
• even if defendant intended only to prevent his arrest, force used in striking officer in face was at least reckless in causing bodily injury
• “A defendant’s own testimony that he committed no offense, or testimony which otherwise shows that no offense occurred at all, is not adequate to raise the issue of a lesser-included offense.”
• “A defendant’s own testimony that he committed no offense, or testimony which otherwise shows that no offense occurred at all, is not adequate to raise the issue of a lesser-included offense.”
• “A defendant’s own testimony that he committed no offense, or testimony which otherwise shows that no offense occurred at all, is not adequate to raise the issue of a lesser-included offense.”
• “A defendant’s own testimony that he committed no offense, or testimony which otherwise shows that no offense occurred at all, is not adequate to raise the issue of a lesser- included offense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Bottenfield v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2002-05-16· cited 152×
• Bullock v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2016-12-14· cited 113×
• Curtis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2002-11-21· cited 63×
• Williams v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2009-09-30· cited 60×
• Barnett v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2011-06-14· cited 51×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-01-09· cited 45×
• Lidio Barrios v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2012-12-14· cited 39×
• Morales v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-11-04· cited 36×
• Campbell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2004-01-14· cited 35×
• Gumpert v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2001-06-01· cited 34×
• Garcia v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-02-01· cited 31×
• Ortega v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2006-11-22· cited 29×
• Phillips v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-12-07· cited 24×
• Dixon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-12-14· cited 22×
• Gary Donell Sanders v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2012-12-06· cited 20×
• Dennis Steele v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-03-01· cited 20×
• Robalin v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-02-01· cited 18×
• Curtis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2006-08-31· cited 17×
• Eric Ramirez v. State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2002-04-12· cited 17×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2002-09-09· cited 16×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wesbrook v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-09-20· cited 2,816×
• Rousseau v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-02-24· cited 1,521×
• Saunders v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-05-13· cited 436×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-10-28· cited 380×
• Arevalo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-03-19· cited 252×
• Morris Louis Lofton v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1999-12-16· cited 10×

Other cases named Lofton v. State

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

• Lofton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-06-28· cited 38×
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1994-10-26· cited 38×
• Lofton v. State
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 31×
• Lofton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-02-15· cited 17×
• Lofton v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1971-10-28· cited 16×
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2002-05-28· cited 12×
• Lofton v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2009-06-04· cited 12×
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1987-09-08· cited 10×
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1970-10-06· cited 8×
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-02-10· cited 8×
• Lofton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-06-30· cited 8×
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1997-05-07· cited 7×
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-12-21· cited 6×
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1970-10-30· cited 6×
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-07-28· cited 6×
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-06-27· cited 6×
• Lofton v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1978-07-25· cited 6×
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1979-06-05· cited 6×
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2002-11-22· cited 4×
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-05-19· cited 3×
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1989-01-12· cited 3×
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-01-05· cited 3×
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1984-11-06· cited 2×
• Lofton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-11-10· cited 2×
• Lofton v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1859-12-24· cited 2×
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-11-25· cited 2×
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-08-17· cited 1×
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-09-02
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-05-15
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-06-03
• Lofton v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-01-29
• Lofton v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-07-15
• Lofton v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2008-09-12
• Lofton v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2008-03-24
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-12-28
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-02-21
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-03-23
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-04-19
• Lofton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1974-07-26
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-01-26
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-02-24
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2016-12-09
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-11-21
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-04-04
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-02-13
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-07-29
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1996-02-27
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-03-21
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-02-09
• Lofton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-09-19