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 that detailed findings of fact and conclusions of law, while appreciated, were not required when trial court denied motion for post-conviction DNA testing for failure to prove Article 64.03 requirements
• holding sufficient trial court’s finding that appellant failed to meet the requirements of 64.03(a)(2)(A) and 64.03(a)(2)(B)
• holding sufficient trial court‘s finding that appellant failed to meet the requirements of 64.03(a)(2)(A) and 64.03(a)(2)(B)
• noting that testing requested “would only demonstrate the presence of a third party” and “not provide a reasonable probability of the appellant’s innocence”
• overruling district court's findings of unreasonable delay when DNA testing sought before execution date set
• ―Chapter 64 deals with the testing of forensic DNA evidence. Fingerprint evidence is not covered.‖

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Skinner v. Switzer
  Supreme Court· 2011-03-07· cited 1,318×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-03-01· cited 94×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-09-23· cited 40×
• Booker v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2004-02-24· cited 28×
• In Re Morton
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2010-02-22· cited 22×
• Carter v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2004-05-05· cited 10×
• Brewer v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2004-08-11· cited 4×
• Edward Galvan Coronado v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2009-10-01
• Elbert Roy Darnell, Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2004-05-13
• Edward Andrew Stumm v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2005-08-29
• Barry Dean Kelly v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2006-02-16
• James Paul White v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2006-01-12
• in Re Stewart Hunter
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2006-10-06
• Jeffrey Lynn Harper v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2003-12-19
• Mickey Dean Griffith v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2008-07-16
• Ronald Juron Brewer v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2004-08-11
• Brian Allen Carter v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2004-03-17
• Milton Louis Williams v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2005-04-13
• Karl Keith Noland v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2008-09-10
• Randal Franklin Caraway v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2006-02-23

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rivera v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-11-06· cited 551×
• Bell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-11-06· cited 339×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-05-21· cited 330×
• Kutzner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-04-10· cited 255×