Simpson 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 a reviewing court cannot reach out on an issue that was not raised
• providing that the wishes of a victim’s family member as to a defendant’s fate exceed the parameters of victim-impact evidence and are not admissible
• stating that ordinarily, a prompt instruction to disregard will cure error associated with an improper jury argument
• stating that ordinarily, a prompt instruction to disregard will cure error associated with an improper jury argument
• providing that the wishes of a victim’s family members as to a defendant’s fate are beyond the parameters of victim-impact evidence
• concluding, after reviewing evidence against appellant, that trial court's prompt instruction cured any prejudice and that trial court did not abuse discretion in overruling motion for mistrial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Hawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-05-19· cited 1,320×
• Gallo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-09-26· cited 687×
• Shuffield v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-02-15· cited 619×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-08-26· cited 177×
• Russell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-02-02· cited 148×
• Abbott v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2006-07-11· cited 119×
• Jose Marvin Martinez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-06-23· cited 112×
• Coleman v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2006-04-05· cited 102×
• Walter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-10-01· cited 101×
• Gray v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-03-16· cited 96×
• Pena v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2007-05-02· cited 95×
• Salazar v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2004-02-05· cited 94×
• Lockett v. Workman
  Tenth Circuit· 2013-04-01· cited 84×
• Ruth v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-06-21· cited 84×
• Michaelwicz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2006-05-17· cited 82×
• Arnold v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-06-14· cited 65×
• Pierson, Leonard Jr.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-04-09· cited 64×
• State v. Dudley
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2007-04-30· cited 63×
• Kimball Douglas Hailey II v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2012-10-18· cited 56×
• Pierce v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2007-08-15· cited 55×

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Ohio v. Roberts
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 5,425×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Payne v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 3,458×
• Purkett v. Elem
  Supreme Court· 1995-05-15· cited 3,008×
• Mosley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-07-01· cited 2,969×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-01-30· cited 1,505×
• Booth v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,501×
• Cockrell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-09-11· cited 1,118×
• Cain v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-06-18· cited 1,033×
• Ovalle v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-03-08· cited 800×
• Gray v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-18· cited 634×
• Guidry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-12-15· cited 633×
• Wood v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-05-24· cited 622×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-03-28· cited 589×
• Felder v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-09-16· cited 557×
• Jasper v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-11-28· cited 477×
• Mathis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-02-13· cited 423×
• Davis v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-12-06· cited 352×

Other cases named Simpson v. State

348 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Simpson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1994-06-08· cited 378×
• Simpson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-10-05· cited 151×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 2010-03-05· cited 112×
• Simpson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1964-05-19· cited 84×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-11-17· cited 74×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 71×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-04-08· cited 60×
• Simpson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-10-29· cited 56×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-18· cited 54×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1892-04-02· cited 46×
• Simpson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1995-01-25· cited 44×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-10-18· cited 41×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-02-12· cited 39×
• Simpson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1979-01-17· cited 38×
• Simpson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1978-11-01· cited 38×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1921-03-08· cited 37×
• Simpson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1989-05-31· cited 36×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1981-11-02· cited 35×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-09-28· cited 34×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1893-05-29· cited 34×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-01-19· cited 33×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-09-16· cited 31×
• Simpson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1984-04-12· cited 31×
• Simpson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-10-27· cited 30×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-01-12· cited 29×
• Simpson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1968-06-11· cited 29×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-09-13· cited 28×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-11-30· cited 28×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2001-04-04· cited 27×
• Simpson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2006-03-29· cited 26×
• Simpson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-10-28· cited 25×
• Simpson v. State
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 24×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-04-06· cited 24×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1992-03-02· cited 23×
• Simpson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-07-25· cited 23×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-12-16· cited 21×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1980-07-07· cited 19×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-03-27· cited 19×
• Simpson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2001-12-13· cited 19×
• Simpson v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1833-12-15· cited 19×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-05-04· cited 18×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1998-05-01· cited 18×
• Simpson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1869-05-15· cited 18×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-09-11· cited 17×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1986-05-21· cited 17×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-09-12· cited 17×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-01-09· cited 16×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-05-14· cited 16×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-05-01· cited 16×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1994-08-05· cited 16×