Merritt v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that the defendant has the burden of proof based on interpretations of the jury charge statute
• finding that the defendant has the burden of proof based on interpretations of the jury charge statute
• placing the burden on the State to show harmless error under former rule 81(b)(2), the predecessor to rule 44.2(a)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Busby v. Dretke
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-02-25· cited 248×
• Schutz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-12-19· cited 231×
• Webb v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-12-28· cited 214×
• Duren v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2002-08-14· cited 117×
• Scaggs v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2000-06-22· cited 100×
• Martinez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2003-10-23· cited 93×
• Hegar v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1999-11-10· cited 43×
• Robinson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-10-03· cited 37×
• Pierre v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1999-07-08· cited 36×
• Crosson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2000-12-21· cited 34×
• Jackson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2000-01-20· cited 34×
• Casias v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2001-01-19· cited 29×
• Villalobos v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1999-07-29· cited 25×
• Sanford v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2000-01-06· cited 25×
• Rios v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1999-10-14· cited 25×
• McGowen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-07-20· cited 23×
• Franco v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2000-08-30· cited 22×
• Ponce v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2001-06-21· cited 20×
• Combs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-07· cited 17×
• High v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1999-07-01· cited 15×

Cites

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

• Turner v. Safley
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-01· cited 6,491×
• King v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-09-24· cited 2,567×
• Abdnor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-01-26· cited 1,398×
• Villarreal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-11-20· cited 1,246×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-06-28· cited 1,170×
• Heiselbetz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-09-20· cited 653×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-09-18· cited 613×
• Stoker v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-09-20· cited 511×
• Stroud v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1919-11-24· cited 398×
• State v. Hardy
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-01-14· cited 312×
• Bridge v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-10-15· cited 290×
• Nobles v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-06-10· cited 267×
• Sharp v. Broadway National Bank
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-03-21· cited 159×
• Fowler v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 1998-03-11· cited 148×
• Arnold v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-01-24· cited 139×
• Pinkerton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-07-13· cited 71×
• Umoja v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1998-04-16· cited 70×
• Richardson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-10-28· cited 59×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1997-07-17· cited 39×
• Ex Parte Graves
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1993-04-08· cited 22×