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.

• stating that “[a]cts committed after the [offense] was completed could not make [Morrison] a party to the offense. The circumstances must prove some culpable act before or during the [offense].”
• reversing 20 appellant’s conviction for robbery as a party and rendering an acquittal where “[t]he conclusion that appellant committed some culpable act rest[ed] entirely on conjecture”
• ―Acts done after the [offense] was completed [do] not make [the accused] a party to the offense.‖
• “[a]cts committed after the [offense] was completed could not make appellant a party to the offense”
• “One’s acts committed after the offense is completed cannot make him a party to the offense”
• “Acts committed after the robbery was completed could not make appellant a party to the offense. The circumstances must prove some culpable act before or during the robbery.” (internal citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Guevara v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-10-20· cited 1,613×
• Beardsley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-10-21· cited 430×
• Beier v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-03-27· cited 223×
• Gross v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-10-10· cited 195×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-10-09· cited 155×
• Gutierrez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-12-17· cited 82×
• Pesina v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1997-06-18· cited 77×
• White v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-04-25· cited 71×
• Avila v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-02-17· cited 53×
• Puente v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1994-11-02· cited 51×
• Gonzalez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2003-08-28· cited 51×
• Gilmore v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1984-01-25· cited 45×
• Webber v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1988-11-16· cited 41×
• Davidson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1987-09-29· cited 39×
• Guillory v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1994-05-05· cited 36×
• Hernandez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-09-06· cited 29×
• Cunningham v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1998-11-23· cited 25×
• Gordon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1982-09-01· cited 23×
• Hill v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1994-09-19· cited 22×
• Suarez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2000-09-06· cited 22×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wygal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-09-14· cited 194×
• Easter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-04-28· cited 125×
• Clark v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-11-10· cited 105×
• Suff v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-01-21· cited 50×
• Cross v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-04-20· cited 25×