Mercado v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that trial counsel = s failure to file a motion for probation did not amount to ineffective assistance of counsel
• rejecting defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim based on counsel's failure to file probation motion because jury would not have considered this motion in light of its sentence of 17 years
• where the record did not reflect that the defendant was eligible for probation, counsel’s failure to file a motion for probation did not constitute ineffectiveness
• where the record did not reflect that the defendant was eligible for probation, counsel’s failure to file a motion for probation did not constitute ineffectiveness
• allegations of ineffective representation will be sustained only if they are firmly founded

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-09-17· cited 3,060×
• Ex Parte Cruz
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-10-28· cited 302×
• Castaneda v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2003-06-25· cited 249×
• Riley, Billy Dee Jr.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-09-19· cited 227×
• Flanagan v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-09-19· cited 221×
• Romo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-04-14· cited 181×
• Saylor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-12-14· cited 165×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-07-11· cited 134×
• Cochran v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2002-03-20· cited 130×
• Ex Parte Williams
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-07-21· cited 109×
• James v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-01-25· cited 105×
• Ybarra v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1995-04-05· cited 103×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-07-24· cited 98×
• Ex Parte Cash
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-11-16· cited 76×
• Ex Parte Walker
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-06-06· cited 76×
• Bradley v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1997-10-08· cited 69×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-11-23· cited 66×
• Ex Parte Carillo
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-03-06· cited 66×
• Davis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1992-05-07· cited 65×
• Castoreno v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1996-10-30· cited 65×