Riley v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A]ny venireman who could answer the special issues according to the evidence, without conscious distortion or bias, could follow the law, irrespective of his willingness to ‘accept’ the death penalty in the abstract.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Kerry Heckman, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Williamson County
  Texas Supreme Court· 2012-06-08· cited 1,134×
• Rachal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-01-17· cited 768×
• Colburn v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-02-25· cited 754×
• Granados v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-05-08· cited 418×
• Garcia v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-03-27· cited 418×
• Ramos v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-06-26· cited 358×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-12-18· cited 341×
• Rayford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-11-19· cited 305×
• Castillo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-11-29· cited 250×
• Staley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-04-27· cited 194×
• Colella v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-10-11· cited 114×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-09-20· cited 111×
• Sadler v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-10-07· cited 94×
• Soria v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-09-11· cited 91×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-01-10· cited 90×
• Anson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-10-08· cited 58×
• Orr v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2010-02-18· cited 53×
• Horton v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 1999-01-13· cited 48×
• Garza v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2000-04-06· cited 45×
• Walker v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2006-02-22· cited 45×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Penry v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,957×
• Adams v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 1,718×
• Cooks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-09-16· cited 501×
• Fuller v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-03-25· cited 484×
• Davis v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-12-06· cited 352×
• Hai Hai Vuong v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-01-08· cited 352×
• Staley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-04-27· cited 194×
• Farris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-11-28· cited 160×
• Goodwin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-11-28· cited 159×
• Callins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-09-27· cited 134×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-06-29· cited 112×
• Durrough v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-07-22· cited 96×
• Adams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-01-31· cited 88×
• Perillo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-09-14· cited 76×
• Gunter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-03-10· cited 63×
• Pierson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-04-29· cited 52×
• Cuevas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-11-24· cited 40×
• Turner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-07-14· cited 15×