Nguyen 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 “[t]he context of the entire organized crime statute gives clues to the meaning of undefined words”
• stating that “we cannot interpret a phrase within a statute in isolation”
• the phrase “carrying on criminal activities” in § 71.01(a) (combinations) implies doing more than one thing
• phrase implies continuity, and is not satisfied by joint commission of a single crime
• “[W]e endeavor to give effect to the whole statute, which includes each word and phrase, if possible. . . . [W]e cannot interpret a phrase [or word] within a statute in isolation[.]”
• offense of engaging in organized criminal activity requires proof that combination was an ongoing enterprise, not the collaboration of its members to commit a single crime; the language implies “an element of continuity”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-09-25· cited 644×
• Hart v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-11-06· cited 470×
• Dobbs, Atha Albert
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-06-25· cited 434×
• Adi v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2003-03-19· cited 314×
• Garcia v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-06-28· cited 156×
• Seals v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-11-16· cited 95×
• Licon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2003-03-27· cited 66×
• Dowdle v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-02-09· cited 65×
• O'Brien v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2018-05-02· cited 55×
• Garcia v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2006-12-29· cited 44×
• Ex Parte Medellin
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-11-15· cited 44×
• Kelly v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-06-17· cited 42×
• Munoz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2000-08-14· cited 41×
• Griffith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-06-29· cited 38×
• Ross v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2000-01-06· cited 33×
• Ex parte Chaddock
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-06-27· cited 33×
• Xiomara Rosales Mendez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-08-16· cited 32×
• Hernandez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-09-06· cited 29×
• Barrera v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2010-06-16· cited 29×
• William Ray Parker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-03-17· cited 28×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Dowthitt v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-06-26· cited 1,429×
• Barber v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-12-07· cited 97×
• Ex Parte Matthews
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-10-23· cited 52×
• Nguyen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1998-08-31· cited 46×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-04-03· cited 34×

Other cases named Nguyen v. State

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

• Nguyen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1988-12-13· cited 115×
• Nguyen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2001-07-31· cited 101×
• Nguyen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-01-13· cited 76×
• Nguyen v. State
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1990-03-13· cited 64×
• Nguyen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-08-31· cited 58×
• Nguyen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1998-08-31· cited 46×
• Nguyen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-03-01· cited 39×
• Nguyen v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-06-15· cited 37×
• Nguyen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1991-09-11· cited 36×
• Nguyen v. State
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2018-12-21· cited 28×
• Nguyen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1992-12-03· cited 24×
• Nguyen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-05-31· cited 23×
• Nguyen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-02-05· cited 22×
• Nguyen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1994-07-14· cited 22×
• Nguyen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-11-17· cited 20×
• Nguyen v. State
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 1994-11-29· cited 11×
• Nguyen v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2006-02-21· cited 11×
• Nguyen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1998-12-17· cited 11×
• Nguyen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-04-26· cited 10×
• Nguyen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-04-06· cited 9×
• Nguyen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-16· cited 8×
• Nguyen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-04· cited 8×
• Nguyen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-10-09· cited 8×
• Nguyen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-09-20· cited 6×
• Nguyen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-04-27· cited 6×
• Nguyen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-09-20· cited 6×
• Nguyen v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2005-11-10· cited 6×
• Nguyen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1989-09-14· cited 6×
• Nguyen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1989-10-25· cited 6×
• Nguyen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-09-06· cited 4×
• Nguyen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-09-06· cited 4×
• Nguyen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-09-24· cited 3×
• Nguyen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-03-26· cited 2×
• Nguyen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-10-24· cited 2×
• Nguyen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2011-03-04· cited 2×
• Nguyen v. State
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 1992-01-09· cited 2×
• Nguyen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-07-16· cited 2×
• Nguyen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-09-01· cited 1×
• Nguyen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-02-25· cited 1×
• Nguyen v. State
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-03-27· cited 1×
• Nguyen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-16· cited 1×
• Nguyen v. State
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2012-09-26
• Nguyen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-09-18
• Nguyen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-09-02
• Nguyen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-04-01
• Nguyen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-02-04
• Nguyen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-12-10
• Nguyen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-03-09
• Nguyen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-10-31
• Nguyen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2005-03-31