Powell v. Texas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that language in Estelle and progeny provides support for argument that defendant’s use of psychiatric testimony constitutes waiver of Fifth Amendment privilege
• stating that the Fifth Amendment privilege is waived if a defendant takes the stand
• noting that Estelle and Buchanan provide “some support” for argument that defense use of expert testimony based on interviews with defendant “might constitute a waiver” of the right against self-incrimination
• emphasizing the importance of the distinction between Fifth Amendment claims and Sixth Amendment claims regarding compelled psychological examinations
• summarily reversing state court decision that failed to distinguish between Fifth and Sixth Amendment issues

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Penry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-06-07· cited 713×
• Michigan v. Harvey
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-30· cited 701×
• State v. Fears
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1999-09-08· cited 417×
• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 404×
• People v. Huggins
  California Supreme Court· 2006-04-10· cited 384×
• Kuenzel v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-06-29· cited 336×
• State v. Bush
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1997-04-07· cited 308×
• People v. Clark
  California Supreme Court· 1993-08-30· cited 273×
• Bush v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-03-08· cited 196×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-12-05· cited 185×
• Edgar M. Hendricks v. Daniel Vasquez, Warden, and the Attorney General of the State of California
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-10-29· cited 137×
• Green v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-01-12· cited 127×
• Ex Parte Gardner
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-02-04· cited 111×
• Holloway v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-10-18· cited 107×
• Soria v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-09-11· cited 91×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-12-07· cited 89×
• Joseph John Savino v. Edward W. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-04-30· cited 87×
• Engberg v. Meyer
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1991-10-17· cited 84×
• United States v. A.R., a Male Juvenile, A.R.
  Third Circuit· 1994-10-25· cited 83×
• Ernest P. McCarver v. R. C. Lee, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina
  Fourth Circuit· 2000-08-28· cited 83×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Estelle v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1981-05-18· cited 2,053×
• Buchanan v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-24· cited 601×
• Billy Joe Battie v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-09-11· cited 131×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-07-08· cited 25×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-01-11· cited 18×