Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 5/17/1939
Martinez v. State
Citations
- 140 Tex. Crim. 159
- 140 S.W.2d 187
- 1939 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 675
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- evidence of flight was admissible where, “a short time after the disappearance of the deceased person and his wife, . . . the appellant disposed of his automobile and fled to Mexico, where he remained for a period of practically two years . . .”
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Judges: Graves, Hawkins
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22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Foster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-06-28· cited 225×
- Cantrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-05-20· cited 177×
- McWherter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-11-12· cited 124×
- Fitzgerald v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-01-17· cited 95×
- Arivette v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-09-18· cited 71×
- Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1968-12-18· cited 40×
- Hunter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-12-17· cited 38×
- Whittington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-05-16· cited 38×
- Woods v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-03-22· cited 19×
- Kemp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1971-03-03· cited 17×
- Doswell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1952-11-12· cited 15×
- Cox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1958-06-18· cited 14×
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1951-12-19· cited 12×
- Scott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1958-12-03· cited 4×
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1963-04-24· cited 3×
- Botany v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1975-11-17· cited 3×
- Ex parte KruegerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1965-06-16· cited 2×
- Reno v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas· 1983-02-24· cited 2×
- Ely v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1941-04-02· cited 1×
- Skinner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1942-10-28· cited 1×
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. ShawSupreme Court of Vermont· 1901-02-09· cited 31×
- Abston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1937-01-27· cited 18×
- Blackshear v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1936-06-17· cited 11×
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1904-05-10· cited 11×
- Sigler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1940-04-24· cited 10×
- Melton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1934-12-12· cited 5×
- Reed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1933-04-19· cited 2×
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