Morris 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 law enforcement officer ‘ ‘with a significant amount of experience with child sex abuse cases may be qualified” to discuss grooming
• recognizing that law enforcement officer \with a significant amount of experience with child sex abuse cases may be qualified\ to discuss grooming
• holding that the phenomenon of grooming children for sexual molestation is an appropriate topic for expert testimony and noting that 10 circuits and 38 states have addressed grooming, with most reaching the same conclusion
• explaining that expert testimony regarding grooming behavior was useful to the jury and still involves matters beyond the understanding of the jury
• explaining that per Rule 702, expert testimony does not have to be based upon science at all
• noting that testimony about grooming in a child sexual assault case is useful to the jury because it is beyond the jury’s common knowledge and understanding

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Rhomer v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2019-01-30· cited 245×
• Gill, Ex Parte Tommy John
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-11-20· cited 113×
• State v. Akins
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2014-01-10· cited 105×
• Leming v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2016-04-13· cited 83×
• Raymond Merril Jessop v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2012-04-19· cited 81×
• In re Pers. Restraint of Phelps
  Washington Supreme Court· 2018-02-22· cited 78×
• Ex parte Pue
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2018-02-28· cited 57×
• Fleming, Mark Alexander
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-06-18· cited 50×
• State v. Henley
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2018-07-19· cited 43×
• Perez v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2013-11-27· cited 38×
• Zack Eldred, Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2014-03-05· cited 29×
• State v. Ross
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2019-05-15· cited 29×
• Blasdell, Brandon Scott
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2015-09-16· cited 24×
• Washington v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2016-02-11· cited 15×
• Phillips v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-07-27· cited 12×
• Personal Restraint Petition Of Todd Dale Phelps
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2017-01-24· cited 5×
• Coronado, David Cesar v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2012-11-14· cited 4×
• Rhomer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-04-12· cited 4×
• Alejandro Munoz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2014-11-14
• Roland Lashun Jernigan v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2014-12-18

Cites

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

• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael
  Supreme Court· 1999-03-23· cited 8,651×
• General Electric Co. v. Joiner
  Supreme Court· 1997-12-15· cited 4,535×
• Jacobellis v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 1,335×
• Weatherred v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-03-29· cited 1,191×
• Kelly v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-02-05· cited 1,156×
• Gammill v. Jack Williams Chevrolet, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-07-03· cited 855×
• Coble v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-10-13· cited 848×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-09-25· cited 644×
• People v. Petri
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2008-06-26· cited 600×
• Doris Berry, Personal Representative of the Estate of Lee F. Berry, Jr., Deceased v. City of Detroit
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-08-23· cited 541×
• United States v. Linette Perez, United States of America v. Juancho Alcantera, United States of America v. Edmundo Batoon
  Third Circuit· 2002-02-04· cited 529×
• State v. Warren
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-11-20· cited 511×
• Nenno v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-06-24· cited 479×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-06-16· cited 441×
• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-01-04· cited 368×
• United States v. Dorvee
  Second Circuit· 2010-08-04· cited 357×
• United States v. Gibbs
  Third Circuit· 1999-08-26· cited 337×
• Ex Parte Nailor
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-03-24· cited 332×
• People v. Steele
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2009-04-21· cited 267×