Morrison 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 jurors are not permitted to question witnesses in criminal cases
• reversing case where juror question was not asked, but question provoked the prosecution to recall a witness to address the juror's concern
• reversing case where juror question was not asked, but question provoked the prosecution to recall a witness to address the juror’s concern
• cautioning against experimenting with juror questioning “[a]bsent a thorough legislative mandate in this area”
• “Due Process and those individual rights that are fundamental to our quality of life co-exist with, and at times override, the truth-finding function.”
• “The Code of Criminal Procedure sets forth numerous rules of procedure applicable to juries [such as article 36.28] with considerable detail.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Leday v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-12-16· cited 1,256×
• Rankin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-07-08· cited 614×
• Hammock v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-05-23· cited 473×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-12-03· cited 467×
• Emerson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-04-13· cited 407×
• State v. Patrick
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-09-11· cited 334×
• State v. Fisher
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2003-06-11· cited 213×
• McGlothlin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-03-08· cited 118×
• United States v. Gray
  Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces· 1999-05-28· cited 105×
• Gutierrez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1999-12-16· cited 84×
• Commonwealth v. Britto
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-30· cited 80×
• Moreno v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1995-04-05· cited 69×
• State v. Culkin
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2001-12-06· cited 66×
• Moore v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1995-09-21· cited 53×
• Howard v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1998-04-09· cited 53×
• State v. Hays
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1994-10-28· cited 50×
• Wharton v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-11-25· cited 48×
• Resendez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2005-03-03· cited 41×
• State v. Costello
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2002-06-13· cited 38×
• Medina v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2005-06-27· cited 38×

Cites

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

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Duncan v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 3,740×
• Williams v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-22· cited 1,740×
• Offutt v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1954-11-08· cited 1,331×
• Apodaca v. Oregon
  Supreme Court· 1972-05-22· cited 853×
• Byrge v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1978-08-29· cited 708×
• Eichelberger v. Eichelberger
  Texas Supreme Court· 1979-05-23· cited 400×
• State v. Johnson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-12-11· cited 247×
• Ex Parte Carr
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-07-17· cited 239×
• United States v. Gjon N. Nivica, United States of America v. Mark L. Pedley, A/K/A Jack Williams, Mark Wellington
  First Circuit· 1989-09-29· cited 188×
• Cobarrubio v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-01-12· cited 175×
• Armadillo Bail Bonds v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-01-23· cited 173×
• Brewer v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-11-01· cited 143×
• Rudolph v. Iowa Methodist Medical Center
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1980-06-18· cited 115×
• Kelley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-07-03· cited 98×
• United States v. Dan Callahan
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-02-02· cited 97×
• United States v. Polowichak
  Fourth Circuit· 1986-02-06· cited 94×
• DeBenedetto v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1985-01-16· cited 86×
• Nivica v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1990-02-26· cited 82×
• Pless v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-12-20· cited 78×

Other cases named Morrison v. State

198 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Morrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-03-21· cited 104×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1989-05-26· cited 85×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-12-10· cited 82×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-10-22· cited 76×
• Morrison v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2002-02-21· cited 58×
• Morrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-11-10· cited 46×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-03-27· cited 45×
• Morrison v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1966-01-05· cited 42×
• Morrison v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1952-10-06· cited 40×
• Morrison v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1973-12-03· cited 39×
• Morrison v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1990-06-05· cited 37×
• Morrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-07-11· cited 36×
• Morrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1966-07-14· cited 36×
• Morrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1900-01-15· cited 32×
• Morrison v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1881-05-15· cited 32×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-05-01· cited 30×
• Morrison v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2005-03-31· cited 29×
• Morrison v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2004-02-19· cited 27×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1980-09-03· cited 25×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-02-09· cited 24×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1979-11-20· cited 24×
• Morrison v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1984-08-09· cited 22×
• Morrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1957-08-22· cited 20×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-11-18· cited 18×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1960-06-01· cited 18×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-10-05· cited 17×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-03-08· cited 17×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-01-05· cited 17×
• Morrison v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1963-10-11· cited 17×
• Morrison v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1984-04-26· cited 15×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-06-19· cited 14×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1953-04-01· cited 14×
• Morrison v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1984-04-24· cited 14×
• Morrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-02-25· cited 14×
• Morrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1953-02-26· cited 13×
• Morrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-02-19· cited 13×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-08-09· cited 12×
• Morrison v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1992-03-16· cited 12×
• Morrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-02-19· cited 12×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1974-02-05· cited 11×
• Morrison v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2002-01-22· cited 11×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1990-05-18· cited 11×
• Morrison v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 1991-11-21· cited 11×
• Morrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-01-23· cited 11×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1981-05-06· cited 10×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1995-03-29· cited 10×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-11-10· cited 10×
• Morrison v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1905-04-15· cited 10×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-09-05· cited 9×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-06-26· cited 9×