Smith v. Texas

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 court need not adopt a party’s version of events where it is blatantly contradicted by the record
• considering the application of a rule created by the Texas courts as a procedural bar (citations omitted)
• considering the application of a rule created by the Texas courts as a procedural bar (citations omitted)
• denying cert. in McGowen v. Thaler, 675 F.3d 482 (5th Cir.2012), in which Fifth Circuit held that Eddings error in jury instruction is structural
• denying cert. in McGowen v. Thaler, 675 F.3d 482 (5th Cir. 2012), in which Fifth Circuit held that Eddings error in jury instruction is structural
• applying harmless error review to a claim that the jury instructions given prevented the jury from adequately considering mitigating factors presented by the defense

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Batiste v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-05-16· cited 151×
• Pitchford v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-06-24· cited 129×
• Ex Parte Moreno
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-02-06· cited 120×
• North American Butterfly Association v. Chad F. Wolf
  D.C. Circuit· 2020-10-13· cited 115×
• Moffett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-09-16· cited 97×
• Pena v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2007-05-02· cited 95×
• Totes-Isotoner Corp. v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2010-02-05· cited 77×
• Ex Parte Smith
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-04-28· cited 56×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-09-25· cited 45×
• Ex Parte Martinez
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-09-12· cited 42×
• Glossip v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 2025-02-25· cited 32×
• Pina v. Maloney
  First Circuit· 2009-05-11· cited 28×
• Ex Parte Hood
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-02-24· cited 14×
• Porter v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2008-04-01· cited 11×
• Murphy v. Sirmons
  E.D. Oklahoma· 2007-08-01· cited 9×
• Rivers v. Quarterman
  S.D. Texas· 2009-09-30· cited 3×
• Jackson v. Kelly
  E.D. Virginia· 2010-03-29· cited 2×
• Williams v. Davis
  S.D. Texas· 2016-06-28· cited 2×
• Mink v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2015-11-19· cited 1×
• Richard Stokley v. Charles Ryan
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-11-27

Cites

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

• United States v. Olano
  Supreme Court· 1993-04-26· cited 16,571×
• Coleman v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 12,560×
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment
  Supreme Court· 1998-03-04· cited 10,096×
• Almanza v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-02-27· cited 6,557×
• United States v. Young
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-20· cited 4,689×
• Ake v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-26· cited 3,332×
• Penry v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,957×
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson
  Supreme Court· 1958-06-30· cited 2,614×
• Jurek v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,034×
• Boyde v. California
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-23· cited 1,983×
• Tennard v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 1,965×
• Penry v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 2001-06-04· cited 946×
• Saldano v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-03-13· cited 942×
• Massachusetts v. Upton
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-14· cited 821×
• Ovalle v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-03-08· cited 800×
• Ford v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1991-02-19· cited 789×
• Johnson v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1993-08-09· cited 750×
• Cantu v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-01-29· cited 612×
• James v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 363×
• Calderon v. Coleman
  Supreme Court· 1998-12-14· cited 307×