Skinner 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 evidence sufficient to uphold capital murder conviction when appellant was seen with weapon similar to that used in shootings, and appellant had been seen with victims short time prior to shootings
• testifying about topics addressed in document does not place document within meaning of phrase “use before the jury”
• rejecting the defendant’s argument that his voluntary intoxication supported lesser-included charge of murder to capital murder
• \The propriety of the question which the defendant sought to ask is determinative of the issue.\
• “The propriety of the question which the defendant sought to ask is determinative of the issue.”
• penal code section 8.04(a) bars the use of evidence of voluntary intoxication to negate the culpable mental state of a crime

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Skinner v. Switzer
  Supreme Court· 2011-03-07· cited 1,318×
• Solomon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-06-20· cited 1,266×
• Prystash v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-09-15· cited 668×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-10-28· cited 380×
• Hampton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-07-02· cited 297×
• Arzaga v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2002-08-29· cited 239×
• SWEED v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-10-19· cited 216×
• Goad, Joshua Lee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-11-09· cited 207×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2002-03-27· cited 156×
• Jordan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-06-17· cited 90×
• Hendrix v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2004-11-16· cited 87×
• Pope v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-11-15· cited 84×
• Reynolds v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2007-05-31· cited 83×
• Enriquez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-06-21· cited 81×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-12-10· cited 67×
• Jackson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1998-04-21· cited 66×
• Licon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2003-03-27· cited 66×
• Arnold v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-06-14· cited 65×
• Ritcherson, Kaitlyn Lucretia
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2018-12-12· cited 58×
• Jones v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2007-12-05· cited 56×

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Almanza v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-02-27· cited 6,557×
• Hickman v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1947-01-13· cited 4,981×
• Ake v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-26· cited 3,332×
• Geesa v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-11-06· cited 2,157×
• McFarland v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-02-21· cited 1,746×
• United States v. Nobles
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-23· cited 1,718×
• Rousseau v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-02-24· cited 1,521×
• Green v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-09-11· cited 1,305×
• Bignall v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-11-16· cited 684×
• Heiselbetz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-09-20· cited 653×
• Lawton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-01-17· cited 507×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-04-29· cited 371×
• Moreno v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-04-07· cited 365×
• Hughes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-04-13· cited 341×
• Charlton v. Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility
  Supreme Court· 1993-10-12· cited 215×
• Coble v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-11-03· cited 206×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-05-15· cited 198×
• Nunfio v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-04-10· cited 196×
• McCarter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-06-24· cited 143×

Other cases named Skinner v. State

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

• Skinner v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-05-11· cited 111×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-12-10· cited 67×
• Skinner v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2001-10-30· cited 62×
• Skinner v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-05-11· cited 55×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-09-23· cited 40×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-04-20· cited 35×
• Skinner v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-06-17· cited 33×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-03-04· cited 32×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1972-08-10· cited 26×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-09-30· cited 19×
• Skinner v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1952-02-19· cited 14×
• Skinner v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1982-12-08· cited 13×
• Skinner v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1857-01-15· cited 12×
• Skinner v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1889-09-25· cited 12×
• Skinner v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1992-09-09· cited 11×
• Skinner v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-01-16· cited 11×
• Skinner v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1967-10-16· cited 11×
• Skinner v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-05-24· cited 10×
• Skinner v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1978-12-15· cited 10×
• Skinner v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-10-20· cited 10×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2002-05-10· cited 9×
• Skinner v. State
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2013-07-05· cited 9×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1971-09-15· cited 8×
• Skinner v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2000-07-21· cited 8×
• Skinner v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2010-01-28· cited 8×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2006-08-25· cited 8×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-25· cited 7×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-13· cited 6×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1968-04-17· cited 6×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-09-12· cited 6×
• Skinner v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2008-07-21· cited 6×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 2009-06-11· cited 6×
• Skinner v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-01-23· cited 6×
• Skinner v. State
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1890-02-19· cited 6×
• Skinner v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1952-08-27· cited 6×
• Skinner v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-01-03· cited 6×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Claims of Illinois· 1975-09-16· cited 6×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-08-12· cited 5×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1952-10-22· cited 5×
• Skinner v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-04-09· cited 5×
• Skinner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1896-02-07· cited 5×
• Skinner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1899-03-14· cited 5×
• Skinner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-10-16· cited 5×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2002-03-05· cited 5×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-09-20· cited 4×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2013-01-08· cited 4×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1963-01-16· cited 4×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1913-08-30· cited 4×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-06-29· cited 3×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2003-10-21· cited 3×