Powell 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 defensive theory could be raised in opening statements and cross-examination of complainant, thereby permitting State to introduce extraneous offenses during case-in-chief
• holding that the State is entitled to rebut defensive theories raised by the defense in the opening statement
• holding that the State is entitled to rebut defensive theories raised by the defense in the opening statement
• concluding that an opening statement can open the door to the admission of extraneous offense evidence
• holding that it is within trial court’s discretion to admit extraneous-offense evidence to rebut defensive theory raised in opening statement
• recognizing that a defendant may open the door to extraneous-offense evidence in their opening statement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Casey v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-02-28· cited 971×
• Osbourn v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-12-18· cited 649×
• Wheeler v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-01-30· cited 576×
• Devoe, Paul Gilbert
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-12-14· cited 430×
• Ellison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-10-02· cited 379×
• Segundo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-12-10· cited 348×
• Manning v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-09-10· cited 315×
• Bargas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2008-05-13· cited 283×
• Rhomer v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2019-01-30· cited 245×
• Felix Sandoval v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2013-09-13· cited 166×
• Swarb v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-12-04· cited 145×
• Blackwell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2006-06-07· cited 139×
• Fowler v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2018-04-18· cited 139×
• Gaytan v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2011-01-21· cited 134×
• Russell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-07-17· cited 123×
• Dabney v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2016-06-08· cited 109×
• Karnes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-10-30· cited 80×
• Page v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-12-04· cited 79×
• Prince v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2006-05-11· cited 71×
• Batiste v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2006-10-12· cited 61×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Montgomery v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-06-19· cited 7,264×
• Rankin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-07-08· cited 614×
• Bigby v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-11-02· cited 509×
• Borjan v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-03-21· cited 409×
• Shipp v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-17· cited 140×
• United States v. Anthony Bari, Tyrone Faines, Robert Benfield, Arthur Harriatt, and Craig Daniel
  Second Circuit· 1984-12-19· cited 129×
• Cooper v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1986-03-20· cited 66×
• United States v. Floyd Price
  Seventh Circuit· 1980-03-10· cited 52×
• Brokenberry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-04-08· cited 46×
• Hunt v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-06-04· cited 43×
• United States v. Mitchell
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-01-29· cited 38×
• Perry v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1996-11-21· cited 22×
• Powell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2000-12-13· cited 17×
• United States v. Algie Leonard Olsen
  Eighth Circuit· 1979-02-21· cited 11×
• Lillard v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 1999-07-15· cited 9×

Other cases named Powell v. State

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

• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-04-12· cited 358×
• Powell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1999-11-04· cited 270×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-04-12· cited 177×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1897-04-02· cited 146×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-23· cited 106×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-11-10· cited 100×
• Powell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-03-08· cited 97×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-04-05· cited 91×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-12-07· cited 89×
• Powell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-10-18· cited 87×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-10-03· cited 84×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 75×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1995-09-15· cited 69×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-06-17· cited 68×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 2000-02-02· cited 64×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-12-15· cited 63×
• Powell v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2001-06-22· cited 59×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-04-14· cited 55×
• Powell v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2002-06-18· cited 54×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-10-29· cited 49×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-03-29· cited 48×
• Powell v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1992-09-03· cited 47×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-07-14· cited 44×
• Powell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-05-22· cited 44×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-06-11· cited 40×
• Powell v. State
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1978-11-28· cited 37×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1933-06-07· cited 35×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-02-06· cited 34×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1934-09-15· cited 31×
• Powell v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-07-20· cited 30×
• Powell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-26· cited 30×
• Powell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1997-01-23· cited 30×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1851-06-15· cited 30×
• Powell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2008-04-15· cited 29×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1972-02-29· cited 29×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-05-29· cited 28×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1993-09-30· cited 28×
• Powell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1983-10-19· cited 27×
• Powell v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-09-08· cited 27×
• Powell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-12-07· cited 26×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-07-08· cited 25×
• Powell v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1994-12-16· cited 25×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1854-06-15· cited 25×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-08-12· cited 24×
• Powell v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-01-03· cited 24×
• Powell v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-10-10· cited 24×
• Powell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2004-11-16· cited 23×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-02-20· cited 23×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1905-03-24· cited 23×
• Powell v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1923-05-31· cited 22×