Medford 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 “ ‘[a]rrest’ is a technical term possessing a long, established history in the common law, and it would be inappropriate if jurors arbitrarily applied their personal definitions of arrest.”
• concluding that “arrest” had acquired technical meaning based on its established history in common law
• holding that “‘[a]rrest’ is a technical term possessing a long, established history in the common law, and it would be inappropriate if jurors arbitrarily applied their personal definitions of arrest”
• holding that “‘[a]rrest’ is a technical term possessing a long, established history in the common law, and it would be inappropriate if jurors arbitrarily applied their personal definitions of arrest.”
• providing that words not specially defined by the Legislature are to be understood as ordinary usage allows
• providing that words not specially defined by the Legislature are to be understood as ordinary usage allows

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Cited by

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

• Kirsch, Scott Alan
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-01-25· cited 725×
• Grotti v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-06-25· cited 678×
• Middleton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-04-23· cited 572×
• Celis, Mauricio Rodriguez
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-05-15· cited 191×
• Ramos v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-11-18· cited 167×
• Arteaga v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2017-06-07· cited 146×
• Clinton, Katherine
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-12-14· cited 141×
• Tamez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2000-08-31· cited 109×
• State v. Stroud
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2005-01-07· cited 99×
• Akins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2006-08-31· cited 84×
• Green v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2015-12-16· cited 76×
• Thai Ngoc Nguyen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-07-01· cited 74×
• In the Matter of M.C.L.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-06-19· cited 56×
• Breckenridge v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2001-06-06· cited 55×
• Shipp v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-02-02· cited 53×
• Nzewi v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-01-24· cited 52×
• Aschbacher v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2001-08-08· cited 44×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2006-04-07· cited 43×
• Carson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2001-12-13· cited 40×
• Timothy Hutchison v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2014-02-05· cited 39×

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• California v. Hodari D.
  Supreme Court· 1991-04-23· cited 3,670×
• Boykin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-10-09· cited 1,829×
• Amores v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-09-18· cited 529×
• Vernon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-11-04· cited 493×
• United States v. Francisco Corral-Franco, Maria Guadalupe Corral-Franco, and Maria Aparis Franco
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-06-22· cited 79×
• Hardinge v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-10-31· cited 72×
• White v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-07-16· cited 68×
• Morris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-10-28· cited 35×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1949-04-13· cited 33×
• People v. Thornton
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1996-12-16· cited 27×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1971-04-20· cited 25×
• Shannon v. Jones
  Texas Supreme Court· 1890-03-04· cited 24×
• State v. Nicholson
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1992-06-30· cited 16×
• State v. Nakoa
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1991-09-20· cited 15×
• State v. Powers
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1978-05-18· cited 15×
• State v. Sanchez
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1985-06-18· cited 13×
• Henderson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-06-13· cited 13×
• Wyatt v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1932-03-23· cited 12×
• Dumaine v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1987-03-31· cited 8×

Other cases named Medford v. State

10 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Medford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1989-03-01· cited 14×
• Medford v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2000-06-15· cited 8×
• Medford v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1999-02-11· cited 7×
• Medford v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-02-18
• Medford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1917-11-28
• Medford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1933-05-17
• Medford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1939-03-29
• Medford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1939-03-29
• Medford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1939-03-29
• Medford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1939-03-29