Santellan 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 the only requirement for restraint is that the interference with liberty be substantial
• holding that the act of loading victim in car and driving away was sufficient to constitute \restraint\ under kidnapping statute
• holding that appellant must make specific objection at trial to preserve appellate issue based on balancing under rule 403
• holding that the only requirement for restraint is that the interference with liberty be substantial
• holding that the act of loading victim in car and driving away was sufficient to constitute Arestraint@ under kidnapping statute
• recognizing that autopsy photos are generally admissible unless they depict mutilation of the victim caused by the autopsy itself

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1,504 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-02-09· cited 6,445×
• King v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-10-18· cited 2,680×
• De La Paz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-03-25· cited 1,229×
• Salazar v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-01-17· cited 1,016×
• Casey v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-02-28· cited 971×
• Conner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-09-12· cited 937×
• Swearingen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-03-26· cited 924×
• Colburn v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-02-25· cited 754×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-10-15· cited 716×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-12-16· cited 695×
• Mozon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-04-28· cited 693×
• Feldman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-02-20· cited 654×
• Prible v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-01-26· cited 649×
• Shuffield v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-02-15· cited 619×
• Russeau v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-06-29· cited 582×
• Brooks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-03-31· cited 568×
• Sells v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-03-12· cited 460×
• Garza v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-01-31· cited 460×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-06-16· cited 441×
• Vodochodsky v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-03-16· cited 433×