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Ross v. State

Citations

  • 133 S.W.3d 618
  • 2004 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 819
  • 2004 WL 948374

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that defendant’s statements “which suggest some irrationality” do not necessarily trial] but who still suffer from severe mental illness to the point where they are not competent to conduct trial proceedings by themselves.”
  • stating trial court’s firsthand factual assessment of defendant’s competency entitled to “great deference” on appeal
  • applying Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U.S. 307 (1979), standard to review evidence on A future dangerousness @ punishment issue
  • applying Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U.S. 307 (1979), standard to review evidence on \future dangerousness\ punishment issue
  • considering evidence that the appellant threatened a person as evidence of his intent to murder that person
  • evaluating, under prior statutory scheme for competency, whether defendant presented evidence that raised bona fide doubt regarding his competency to stand trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hervey, Meyers, Price, Womack, Johnson, Keasler, Holcomb, Cochran, Keller

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

Cites

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