Sims 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 character evidence in the form of opinion testimony may be admissible during punishment trial, even if the opinion testimony is based upon facts brought forth from extraneous-offense testimony
• holding that character evidence in the form of opinion testimony may be admissible during punishment trial, even if the opinion testimony is based upon facts brought forth from extraneous-offense testimony
• holding that relevance is “a question of what is helpful . . . in determining the appropriate sentence” (quoting Ellison v. State, 201 S.W.3d 714, 719 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006))
• explaining that testimony that defendant lied to police officer was relevant at punishment to determine defendant’s ability to complete demands of supervision
• explaining that testimony that defendant lied to police officer was relevant at punishment to determine defendant’s ability to complete demands of supervision
• explaining that testimony that defendant lied to police officer was relevant at punishment to determine defendant’s ability to complete demands of supervision

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Cited by

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

• Hayden v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-04-08· cited 208×
• Felix Sandoval v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2013-09-13· cited 166×
• Raymond Merril Jessop v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2012-04-19· cited 81×
• Cantu v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2012-10-11· cited 54×
• Billy R. Higginbotham, Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2011-12-14· cited 47×
• Clinton Ray Sanders v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2014-01-30· cited 45×
• Jackson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2010-08-12· cited 41×
• Roy Rodgers v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2014-05-22· cited 33×
• Hines v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2008-10-23· cited 25×
• Stine v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-10-21· cited 21×
• Michael Jason Tucker v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2014-10-08· cited 18×
• Christopher Harris v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2019-03-13· cited 17×
• Rigoberto Pantoja v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-06-09· cited 16×
• Roderick Beham v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2015-09-18· cited 16×
• Jose Rodriguez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2018-07-02· cited 16×
• McClure v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2008-10-03· cited 13×
• Wirth v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-10-20· cited 11×
• Stanley Lucius Atnipp v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2017-04-20· cited 7×
• Kaleb Jakobi Thomas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2018-05-31· cited 4×
• Santiago Lee Garza v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2014-12-10

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Michelson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1949-02-14· cited 1,808×
• Albrecht v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-09-25· cited 705×
• Rogers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-04-07· cited 436×
• Ellison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-09-13· cited 227×
• Brumfield v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1969-03-19· cited 200×
• Murphy v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-06-21· cited 199×
• Mendiola v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-06-21· cited 154×
• Young v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1953-11-11· cited 109×
• Wagner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-02-01· cited 105×
• Hedicke v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-06-21· cited 77×
• Pollard v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2008-06-11· cited 45×