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 evidence of defendant’s possession of handgun and parole status was relevant and admissible to establish motive to flee police in evading arrest-case
• holding that probative value of other-acts evidence ,_! l that defendant was on parole and that fireann was found on ground near driver's side of vehicle was not substantially outweighed by danger of unfair prejudice.
• holding evidence defendant was on parole was admissible under Rule 404(b) for purpose of establishing defendant = s motive for evading arrest
• emphasizing that trial judge, not appellate judge, is in best position to determine extent of prejudice caused a party by a piece of evidence
• noting that State had need of evidence of handgun found in vehicle because “while the State had other evidence of identity, that evidence was contested and not overwhelming”
• holding Rule 403 objections governed by abuse of discretion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Hargrove v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2006-12-06· cited 103×
• Johnson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2008-05-28· cited 48×
• Hernandez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2006-08-23· cited 24×
• Jackson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-04-15· cited 22×
• Ceballos v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-02-07· cited 20×
• City of Waco v. Kelley
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2007-05-02· cited 15×
• State v. Daniel Villegas
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2016-12-21· cited 15×
• Martha Aracely Richter v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2015-12-22· cited 14×
• Powell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2006-09-27· cited 13×
• Phillips v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-07-27· cited 12×
• Newton v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2009-01-14· cited 6×
• Robert Earl Schiele v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2015-02-23
• Demichael R. Jackson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-04-15
• in Re State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-02-07
• Samuel Ceballos v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-02-07
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2004-02-04
• Edwin Peter Jimenez, Sr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2006-07-26
• in Re Mark McWhorter
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2006-01-18
• Bobby Blake Newton v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2007-06-13
• the City of Waco, Texas v. Larry Kelley
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2007-05-02

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Montgomery v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-06-19· cited 7,264×
• Manning v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-09-10· cited 315×
• State v. Hampton
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1993-07-29· cited 94×
• United States v. Luis Wilfredo Cruz A/K/A Willie Sergio Cruz (Whose True Name is Luis Wilfredo Cruz)
  Third Circuit· 2003-04-17· cited 53×
• Powell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2004-11-16· cited 23×