Murphy 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 felony murder was properly based on underlying offense of arson even though death was direct result of the offense
• holding felony murder was properly based on underlying offense of arson even though death was direct result of the offense
• holding felony murder was properly based on underlying offense of arson even though death was direct result of the offense
• “[A]ppellant’s act of arson in setting a habitation on fire and the resulting homicide of the victim were not one in the same.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Aguirre v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-07-01· cited 234×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-27· cited 107×
• Lawson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-12-05· cited 65×
• Drew v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-06-26· cited 61×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1997-07-03· cited 54×
• Lozano v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-10-20· cited 44×
• Nevarez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1993-03-17· cited 40×
• Robinson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-10-03· cited 37×
• Xiomara Rosales Mendez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-08-16· cited 32×
• State v. Sandoval
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1992-12-17· cited 29×
• Jones v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2003-01-22· cited 17×
• Fraser v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-06-09· cited 15×
• Richardson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1992-01-08· cited 13×
• Doucette v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 1989-06-28· cited 9×
• State v. Tucker
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2012-01-19· cited 8×
• Gonzales v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1984-05-10· cited 7×
• Minard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-07-30· cited 7×
• Randle v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1985-07-05· cited 6×
• Kelly v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1986-06-27· cited 1×
• Torres, Juan M. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2002-12-19

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ex Parte Young
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1967-09-14· cited 7,943×
• Garrett v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-11-22· cited 107×
• Kuykendall v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-11-26· cited 102×
• Dennis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-03-16· cited 66×
• Rodriquez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-03-09· cited 65×
• Ex parte Jackson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-06-03· cited 9×
• Ex Parte Brooks
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-07-21· cited 8×