Ortiz 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 appellant must show that complained-of evidence was inadmissible to properly bring ineffective assistance claim based on counsel = s failure to object
• holding defensive instruction on suicide not required because it is not a statutorily-enumerated defense and serves merely to negate certain elements of the offense
• stating that where there is a possibility that the conduct arose from legitimate trial strategy, the court may not find the counsel ineffective on direct appeal
• noting that to establish ineffective assistance based on a failure to object, an appellant must show that the trial court would have erred in overruling these objections
• providing that to show deficient performance, appellant must show evidence was inadmissible
• stating that formal proceedings need not have been initiated

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Walters v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-12-05· cited 850×
• Garza v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-01-31· cited 460×
• Shaw v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-10-31· cited 444×
• Murphy v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-06-25· cited 356×
• Hall v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2005-03-08· cited 177×
• Willis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2006-05-10· cited 149×
• Prine v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2017-09-20· cited 135×
• Bill Boyd Kuhn v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2013-01-31· cited 121×
• Pomier v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-10-21· cited 96×
• Morris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-12-07· cited 92×
• EX PARTE Eric Michael HEILMAN, Appellee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2015-03-18· cited 74×
• Moore v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2004-07-21· cited 72×
• Green v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2006-04-27· cited 68×
• Trevino v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2006-10-18· cited 68×
• Ortiz v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-10-10· cited 66×
• DeLeon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-08-31· cited 62×
• Phillips, William Ray
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-06-15· cited 55×
• Jimenez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2007-09-27· cited 53×
• Nzewi v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-01-24· cited 52×
• Matthews v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2004-11-30· cited 47×

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• United States v. Bagley
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-02· cited 8,539×
• Almanza v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-02-27· cited 6,557×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-02-09· cited 6,445×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-13· cited 6,146×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Wesbrook v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-09-20· cited 2,816×
• Ladd v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-06· cited 1,900×
• Calder v. Bull
  Supreme Court· 1798-08-17· cited 1,860×
• Bouie v. City of Columbia
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 1,779×
• Solomon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-06-20· cited 1,266×
• Johnson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2000-05-15· cited 941×
• Vasquez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-02-06· cited 723×
• Rogers v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 2001-05-14· cited 616×
• Medina v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-06· cited 579×
• Ramos v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-06-26· cited 358×
• Benson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-03-10· cited 270×
• Butler v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-03-09· cited 263×
• Giesberg v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-09-30· cited 231×

Other cases named Ortiz v. State

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

• Ortiz v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1976-11-16· cited 173×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-09-25· cited 161×
• Ortiz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 1996-08-30· cited 112×
• Ortiz v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2005-01-25· cited 86×
• Ortiz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2004-08-10· cited 84×
• Ortiz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2009-11-16· cited 76×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-06-17· cited 69×
• Ortiz v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2002-04-22· cited 56×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1999-06-10· cited 55×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-02-21· cited 52×
• Ortiz v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-06-03· cited 40×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-05-04· cited 37×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-09-07· cited 36×
• Ortiz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1999-08-26· cited 35×
• Ortiz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1994-11-17· cited 34×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-10-28· cited 31×
• Ortiz v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-02-01· cited 28×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-01-17· cited 27×
• Ortiz v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-09-10· cited 26×
• Ortiz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-11-13· cited 25×
• Ortiz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-07-01· cited 23×
• Ortiz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1992-02-26· cited 17×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-08-07· cited 16×
• Ortiz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-06-09· cited 15×
• Ortiz v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-04-24· cited 14×
• Ortiz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-05-16· cited 13×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2014-01-28· cited 13×
• Ortiz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-04-14· cited 12×
• Ortiz v. State
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-11-04· cited 12×
• Ortiz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-06-16· cited 10×
• Ortiz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-11-15· cited 10×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-12-01· cited 9×
• Ortiz v. State
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1988-02-01· cited 9×
• Ortiz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1993-09-15· cited 9×
• Ortiz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1987-02-18· cited 9×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-14· cited 8×
• Ortiz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-11-01· cited 8×
• Ortiz v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-11-16· cited 8×
• Ortiz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1981-12-08· cited 8×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-02· cited 7×
• Ortiz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-04-21· cited 7×
• Ortiz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1993-03-18· cited 7×
• Ortiz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-07-03· cited 7×
• Ortiz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-06-03· cited 7×
• Ortiz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1968-06-25· cited 6×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1991-01-10· cited 6×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2007-11-16· cited 6×
• Ortiz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-01-29· cited 6×
• Ortiz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-09-15· cited 5×
• Ortiz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1990-02-28· cited 5×