Sonnier 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 while the photographs were gruesome and disagreeable to look at, they depicted nothing more than the reality of the brutal crime committed
• holding that the facts of the offense alone may be sufficient to support an affirmative answer to the future dangerousness question
• holding that four photographs showing victims' bodies lying in bloodied water were included in witnesses' testimonial depictions and, therefore, could be admitted
• holding that objection to entire video recording without specific reference to challenged material did not inform trial court of specific objection and did not preserve error for appeal
• holding general objection to entire video recording without specific reference to challenged material did not inform trial court of specific objection and did not preserve error for appeal
• recognizing no error if gruesome crime scene photographs depict nothing more than reality of brutal crime committed

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Cited by

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

• Dewberry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-20· cited 2,718×
• King v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-09-24· cited 2,567×
• Rhoades v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-10-02· cited 959×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-01-29· cited 954×
• Martinez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-12-15· cited 763×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-10-15· cited 716×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-12-16· cited 695×
• Chamberlain v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-06-16· cited 676×
• Prible v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-01-26· cited 649×
• Cantu v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-01-29· cited 612×
• Janecka v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-11-27· cited 587×
• Paredes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-01-14· cited 582×
• Huizar v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-02-23· cited 526×
• Erazo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-06-16· cited 519×
• Lawton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-01-17· cited 507×
• Trevino v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-05-12· cited 481×
• Swain v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-11-02· cited 471×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-09-16· cited 452×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-06-16· cited 441×
• Rojas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-09-23· cited 428×

Cites

41 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×
• Almanza v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-02-27· cited 6,557×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Plyler v. Doe
  Supreme Court· 1982-09-09· cited 2,739×
• Geesa v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-11-06· cited 2,157×
• Jurek v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,034×
• Dobbert v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 1,651×
• Dinkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-02-01· cited 1,534×
• Chambers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-02-27· cited 1,350×
• Narvaiz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-09-23· cited 944×
• Long v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-12-04· cited 804×
• Broxton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-10-04· cited 738×
• Stoker v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-09-20· cited 511×
• Losada v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-10-29· cited 505×
• Emery v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-05-11· cited 456×
• Keeton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-04-15· cited 379×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-04-29· cited 371×
• McCambridge v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-05-14· cited 309×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-03-08· cited 294×

Other cases named Sonnier v. State

10 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Sonnier v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1971-04-05· cited 42×
• Sonnier v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1979-07-13· cited 20×
• SONNIER v. STATE
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 2014-09-17· cited 8×
• Sonnier v. State
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2018-06-06· cited 7×
• Sonnier v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1992-08-13· cited 3×
• Sonnier v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 1989-01-11· cited 3×
• Sonnier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-12-23· cited 2×
• Sonnier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1988-06-16· cited 1×
• SONNIER v. STATE
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 2014-09-17
• Sonnier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-04-08