Mata 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 an informal hearing was sufficient
• defense counsel's unsworn statement about mental condition of defendant met the \evidence\ requirements of TEX.CODE CRIM. P. art. 46.02, § 4(a)
• “The evidence to which appellant points was insufficient to raise a bona fide doubt; therefore, the trial court was not required to hold a section 2 [inquiry], much less submit the question of appellant’s competency to a jury”
• court declined to decide whether a bona fide doubt as to appellant's competency was raised because trial judge's informal but effective questioning supported his determination not to empanel a jury to decide appellant's competency
• \The evidence must cause the court a bona fide doubt that the defendant has a sufficient present ability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding or that he lacks an understanding of the proceedings against him\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Moore v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-04-21· cited 684×
• McDaniel v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-02-26· cited 299×
• Collier v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-12-18· cited 231×
• Alcott v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-06-27· cited 193×
• Guzman v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1996-05-16· cited 82×
• Casey v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-06-12· cited 72×
• Brown v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1998-02-11· cited 58×
• Marbut v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2002-05-22· cited 53×
• Salahud-Din v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2006-11-16· cited 44×
• Eddie v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2003-06-11· cited 44×
• Greene v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2007-02-07· cited 38×
• Duke v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1999-08-11· cited 37×
• Alcott v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2000-09-13· cited 32×
• Peterson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1997-11-26· cited 31×
• Reed v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2003-07-17· cited 29×
• Loftin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-11-09· cited 27×
• Kostura v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-08-20· cited 20×
• Hatten v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1998-03-12· cited 8×
• Atomanczyk v. State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1989-08-24· cited 8×
• Ott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1985-05-02· cited 7×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Scamardo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-10-30· cited 330×
• Von Byrd v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-07-12· cited 162×
• Porter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-10-21· cited 155×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-02-06· cited 132×
• McWherter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-11-12· cited 124×
• Sisco v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-02-06· cited 110×
• Boney v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-09-27· cited 71×
• McElroy v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-06-04· cited 62×
• Dinn v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-09-20· cited 61×
• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-02-24· cited 51×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-10-01· cited 39×
• Torres v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-02-06· cited 8×