Patterson 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 “use” of deadly weapon “extends as well to any employment of a deadly weapon, even its simple possession, if such possession facilitates the associated felony”
• noting that “all felonies are theoretically susceptible to an affirmative finding of use or exhibition of a deadly weapon”
• holding deadly weapon was used where officers executing warrant for drug possession entered home and found defendant sitting on sofa, gun located between defendant’s leg and end of sofa, and “gun boot” on end table next to defendant
• agreeing with lower court = s conclusion that A all felonies are theoretically susceptible to an affirmative finding of use or exhibition of a deadly weapon @

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• McCain v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-03-22· cited 634×
• Rollerson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-06-27· cited 296×
• Tyra v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-04-26· cited 199×
• Ward v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-03-18· cited 189×
• Rabb, Richard Lee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-06-25· cited 184×
• Hill v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-01-10· cited 169×
• Denton, Ex Parte William Charles
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-05-22· cited 168×
• Coleman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-09-29· cited 164×
• Sierra, Antonio
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-04-01· cited 156×
• Mann v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2000-05-03· cited 146×
• Robinson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-07-28· cited 143×
• Ex Parte Miller
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-09-22· cited 142×
• Clinton, Katherine
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-12-14· cited 141×
• Smith v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2005-12-12· cited 126×
• Dotson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-09-02· cited 119×
• Garcia v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-03-25· cited 112×
• Narron v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-06-24· cited 110×
• Matthew Ryan Wilson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2012-12-19· cited 106×
• Gale v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-05-19· cited 98×
• Garner v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1994-01-26· cited 97×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Ramon Jorge Laguardia and Marina Hidalgo Gato
  Eighth Circuit· 1985-10-07· cited 159×
• Clayton v. Loggins
  Supreme Court· 1978-11-13· cited 80×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1987-01-14· cited 60×
• United States v. Ernest Gene Moore
  Ninth Circuit· 1978-08-18· cited 59×
• United States v. James Grant
  Second Circuit· 1976-10-18· cited 42×
• Gaston v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1983-12-06· cited 36×

Other cases named Patterson v. State

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

• Patterson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1975-03-18· cited 344×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-11-10· cited 267×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2001-02-15· cited 170×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-02-04· cited 155×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-02-05· cited 153×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-09-06· cited 111×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-01-04· cited 85×
• Patterson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-01-29· cited 80×
• Patterson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2002-12-05· cited 78×
• Patterson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2004-07-08· cited 76×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1905-12-21· cited 73×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1987-01-14· cited 60×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-12-09· cited 60×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-05-22· cited 58×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-04-16· cited 58×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1968-04-04· cited 55×
• Patterson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2006-10-26· cited 50×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1918-05-16· cited 44×
• Patterson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1995-12-19· cited 43×
• Patterson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-07-25· cited 43×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1890-04-14· cited 43×
• Patterson v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1984-11-29· cited 41×
• Patterson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-07-22· cited 41×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-10-15· cited 39×
• Patterson v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1966-03-09· cited 39×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-11-26· cited 37×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1999-07-23· cited 37×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-08-24· cited 36×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1975-07-23· cited 35×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1990-03-14· cited 35×
• Patterson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2011-11-17· cited 34×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1971-11-18· cited 31×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1967-06-21· cited 31×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-01-07· cited 28×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1970-09-23· cited 28×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-11-19· cited 27×
• Patterson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-09-01· cited 26×
• Patterson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1970-02-20· cited 26×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-07-14· cited 26×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1910-03-19· cited 26×
• Patterson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-09-17· cited 26×
• Patterson v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1984-06-13· cited 25×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-17· cited 24×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1971-10-26· cited 24×
• Patterson v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2003-07-31· cited 24×
• Patterson v. State
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1976-11-05· cited 24×
• Patterson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1995-12-21· cited 24×
• Patterson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1997-07-24· cited 23×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1905-03-25· cited 23×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-10· cited 22×