Lynn v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that appellant “required the jury to opt between murder, an intentional or knowing act, and acquittal. Such a decision, although risky, is sometimes successful.”
• holding record showed trial lawyer’s decision not to request instruction on lesser-included offense was strategic decision and that it was not unreasonable despite its high risk
• requiring a jury to opt between murder and acquittal, although risky, is sometimes successful
• requiring a jury to opt between murder and acquittal, although risky, is sometimes successful
• all-or-nothing strategy, although risky, was not so unreasonable under facts of case as to deprive defendant of fair trial when focus of case was on absence of any evidence of intent
• all-or-nothing strategy, although risky, was not so unreasonable under facts of case as to deprive defendant of fair trial when focus of case was on absence of any evidence of intent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Shanklin v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-12-29· cited 143×
• Wood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-14· cited 84×
• Davis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1996-10-03· cited 81×
• Perez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-08-16· cited 47×
• Thomas v. Collins
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1997-10-30· cited 43×
• Marlow v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1994-09-15· cited 31×
• Fletcher v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1995-09-20· cited 18×
• Bauder v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1996-11-22· cited 17×
• Duhart v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-12-08· cited 12×
• Janney v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1997-01-30· cited 9×
• Valenzuela v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1997-03-27· cited 6×
• Vives, Andres Lee v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2002-10-24
• Jared Lloyd Shanklin v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-12-29
• Jerry Wayne Williams v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2003-03-27
• Eugene Holmes v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2001-02-28
• Louron Bernard Willis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2005-08-31
• Kalif Williams v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2004-02-19
• Byron Douglas Jackson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2006-06-22
• Arturo Tarango v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2007-03-22
• Brandon Jayvoris Mayfield v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2008-12-17

Cites

22 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×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-09-17· cited 3,060×
• Royster v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-09-23· cited 763×
• Rose v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-06-15· cited 647×
• Moody v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-01-15· cited 415×
• Kinnamon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-04-18· cited 274×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-04-07· cited 206×
• Barney v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-10-02· cited 171×
• Simmons v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-10-07· cited 108×
• George v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-12-05· cited 77×
• Gaona v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1987-06-04· cited 64×
• Reyna v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1990-09-27· cited 61×
• Joiner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-03-04· cited 34×
• Posey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1988-12-22· cited 32×
• Hernandez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1991-02-13· cited 30×
• Dedesma v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1991-04-11· cited 28×
• Ross v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1988-12-28· cited 25×
• Barnhill v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1989-10-19· cited 16×
• Fuller v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1986-08-29· cited 12×
• Gold v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-09-23· cited 10×