Martinez 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 admission that defendant held gun, had finger on trigger, and fired it sufficient for submission of self-defense although he denied intent to kill
• holding admission that defendant held gun, had finger on trigger, and fired it sufficient for submission of self-defense although he denied intent to kill
• holding evidence failed to raise issue of “self-defense by deadly force” after discussing that “an instruction on self-defense” is not precluded by Martinez’s denial of any intent to kill complainant
• stating denial of intent to kill did not preclude self-defense when defendant admitted pulling out gun, firing shot into air, and having finger on trigger when fatal shot fired
• stating denial of intent to kill did not preclude self defense when defendant admitted pulling out gun, firing shot into air, and having finger on trigger when fatal shot fired
• stating denial of intent to kill did not preclude self defense when defendant admitted pulling out gun, firing shot into air, and having finger on trigger when fatal shot fired

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Juarez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-03-31· cited 193×
• Riddle v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-06-08· cited 165×
• Jackson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2003-06-26· cited 118×
• State v. Burriss
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-02-16· cited 97×
• Gamino, Cesar Alejandro
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2017-09-27· cited 96×
• Alonzo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-09-14· cited 91×
• Cornet v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-01-25· cited 79×
• Mejia v. Davis
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-10-11· cited 71×
• East v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2002-05-01· cited 53×
• Young v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1999-12-09· cited 47×
• Carmen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2008-11-20· cited 32×
• Kimbrough v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1996-05-01· cited 28×
• Torres v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1999-12-16· cited 27×
• Bowen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-09-11· cited 19×
• Molitor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-06-24· cited 9×
• Carson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1998-09-28· cited 9×
• Ceasar v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1997-02-13· cited 3×
• Hernandez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2006-03-29· cited 1×
• Mejia v. Stephens
  S.D. Texas· 2017-10-11· cited 1×
• Stephen Lee Wegner v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2006-03-23

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Fielder v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-06-08· cited 169×
• Booth v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-06-13· cited 117×
• Halliburton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-10-15· cited 112×
• Sanders v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-05-12· cited 37×
• Sullivan v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1963-02-13· cited 4×
• Martinez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1988-01-27· cited 3×