Smith v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that flight is one factor that can undermine defendant’s self-defense claim
• reaching same holding when complainant “pulled a knife and attempted to stab him first—both unambiguous acts of aggression and violence that need no explanation”
• “A defendant may not rely on a cause of his own making, such as precipitating a confrontation, to support his argument that he acted out of sudden passion arising from adequate cause.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• v. Roberts-Bicking
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2021-02-11· cited 1,408×
• Douglas Lynn Kirk v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2014-01-23· cited 52×
• Jose Antonio Moncivais v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-07-21· cited 36×
• Gaona v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-07-18· cited 35×
• Xiomara Rosales Mendez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-08-16· cited 32×
• Rodney Wayne Allen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-08-04· cited 28×
• Justin Davis Johnson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2014-11-19· cited 27×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2018-03-22· cited 24×
• State v. High
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2012-07-06· cited 23×
• Christopher Ernest Braughton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-04-20· cited 21×
• Valverde v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-02-10· cited 20×
• Arlin Walbert Barrientos v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2017-12-14· cited 17×
• Joshua Jacob Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-08-16· cited 15×
• Joshua Orcasitas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2015-05-20· cited 12×
• Jonathan Rawlins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-05-18· cited 10×
• Mendez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-04-04· cited 9×
• Jose Julian Sanchez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-08-21· cited 5×
• Yantsey Gonzales v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-10-09
• Tuan Nguyen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2014-11-07
• David Alberto Dozal v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2015-01-12

Cites

51 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×
• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Brooks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-10-06· cited 6,365×
• Watson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-10-18· cited 4,543×
• Cain v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-12-18· cited 3,887×
• King v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-10-18· cited 2,680×
• Zuniga v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-04-21· cited 2,472×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-10-03· cited 2,009×
• Zuliani v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-02-05· cited 1,844×
• Laster v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-01-14· cited 1,627×
• Motilla v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-06-26· cited 1,558×
• Sterner v. Marathon Oil Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1989-03-08· cited 1,465×
• Chambers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-02-27· cited 1,350×
• Saxton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-02-27· cited 1,233×
• Vasquez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-02-06· cited 723×
• Mozon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-04-28· cited 693×
• State v. Mechler
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-01-12· cited 667×
• Feldman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-02-20· cited 654×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-03-28· cited 589×
• Meraz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-01-17· cited 577×