Montoya v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that the “[l]ength of time that the jury may be held for deliberation rests in the discretion of the trial judge”
• explaining that a juror’s trouble understanding English was an ex-cludable ground under art. 35.16(a)(ll)
• rejecting murder defendant’s complaint that parties charge under section 7.02(b) accompanied by definition of conspiracy using language found in section 15.02 added unindicted offense of criminal conspiracy to the charge
• applying Article 35.16(a)(11) to a prospective juror who expressed difficulty understanding spoken English
• challenge for cause properly overruled where juror stated he could consider whether an officer lied or made a mistake
• no reversible error where venireperson excused because he needed the assistance of interpreter and testified he had limited understanding of English and became confused when the prosecutor attempted to explain the procedures

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Dewberry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-20· cited 2,718×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-05-17· cited 1,065×
• Narvaiz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-09-23· cited 944×
• Guidry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-12-15· cited 633×
• Bell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-11-20· cited 561×
• Fuller v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-03-25· cited 399×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-11-18· cited 378×
• Green v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-06-03· cited 346×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-12-18· cited 341×
• Matamoros v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-06-14· cited 289×
• Butler v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-03-09· cited 263×
• Marable v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-09-18· cited 192×
• Joseph Bennard Nichols v. Wayne Scott, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Cross-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-11-20· cited 177×
• Satterwhite v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-03-10· cited 155×
• Longoria v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-01-25· cited 134×
• Broussard v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-10-25· cited 130×
• Munoz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2000-05-25· cited 112×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-09-20· cited 111×
• Coleman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-04-13· cited 98×
• Hernandez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1993-12-22· cited 95×