Sosa 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 the evidence was legally sufficient where witness identified defendant based on his build, clothing, and height
• holding the evidence was legally sufficient where witnesses identified defendant based on his build, clothing, and height
• holding sufficient evidence of threat when two eyewitnesses, but not victim, testified that defendant held gun in his hands, demanded money, and walked in and out of bedroom where victim was laying on the floor
• holding 7 sufficient evidence of threat when two eyewitnesses, but not victim, testified that defendant held gun in his hands, demanded money, and walked in and out of bedroom where victim was laying on the floor
• “[D]isplay of a deadly weapon while demanding money constitutes a threat of the required imminent harm.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Gamino, Cesar Alejandro
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2017-09-27· cited 96×
• Christensen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-12-05· cited 90×
• In re A.E.B.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-04-29· cited 18×
• Cesar Alejandro Gamino v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-11-12· cited 11×
• Cordova v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2009-08-31· cited 10×
• Daniel Miley Smith v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2013-11-13· cited 9×
• Mitchell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2018-02-22· cited 9×
• In Re AEB
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2008-06-11
• Edward Christensen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-07-06
• Peter Floyd Hackaday v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2009-06-18
• Gregory D. Bolton v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2008-11-19
• Robert Cooper v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2008-10-22
• in Re: Joe Lee Touchstone, Relator
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2003-11-25
• in Re: Peggy Sue Melander, Relator
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2003-05-07
• Ricky D. Starks v. the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2004-09-24
• Clifford Scott Medley v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2004-08-17
• Matthew Wayne Bailey v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2007-11-06
• Clarence M. Boyd, Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2007-04-11
• Carlos Jose Cordova v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2009-08-31
• Johnny Oscar Villarreal v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2009-01-15

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-02-09· cited 6,445×
• Zuniga v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-04-21· cited 2,472×
• Sharp v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-04-09· cited 1,862×
• Fuentes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-04-28· cited 1,123×
• Escamilla v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-06-30· cited 453×
• Valdez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-11-10· cited 230×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-02-06· cited 132×
• Escobar v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2000-09-28· cited 88×
• Johnson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1999-11-04· cited 56×
• Hutchinson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-10-09· cited 45×
• Hutchinson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2001-03-27· cited 21×
• Lunn v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 1988-06-29· cited 11×
• Peterson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-11-22· cited 8×