State v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that because neither the constitution, statute, or the common law authorized the trial court to dismiss the criminal prosecution without consent from the State, the court lacked jurisdiction to so dismiss the prosecution
• reversing trial court’s order dismissing case for State’s attorney’s failure to appear when case was called for trial
• setting forth 6 circumstances under which a trial court may dismiss a charging instrument without the prosecutor’s consent
• reversing trial court's order dismissing case for State's attorney's failure to appear when case was called for trial
• trial court lacked authority to dismiss prosecution when State’s attorney failed to appear at time case was called for trial
• trial court lacked authority to dismiss prosecution when State’s attorney failed to appear at time case was called for trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Patrick
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-09-11· cited 334×
• State Ex Rel. Rosenthal v. Poe
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-02-12· cited 262×
• Awadelkariem v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-06-03· cited 195×
• Ex Parte Seidel
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-02-28· cited 184×
• State v. Ross
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-09-10· cited 141×
• State v. Plambeck
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-11-23· cited 129×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-12-16· cited 119×
• Jackson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2003-06-26· cited 118×
• State v. Terrazas
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-02-04· cited 116×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1998-06-17· cited 115×
• State v. Frye
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-03-08· cited 112×
• State v. Mungia
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-11-05· cited 83×
• McClinton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-12-10· cited 80×
• State v. Williams
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-02-05· cited 78×
• State v. Moreno
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-09-23· cited 64×
• In Re Guerra
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2007-10-16· cited 56×
• Harris County District Attorney's Office v. Burns
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-02-06· cited 52×
• Norton v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1996-01-18· cited 50×
• State v. Turner
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-05-10· cited 41×
• Dallas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-12-16· cited 40×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Studer v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-11-21· cited 503×
• Garcia v. Dial
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-04-02· cited 442×
• Eichelberger v. Eichelberger
  Texas Supreme Court· 1979-05-23· cited 400×
• State v. Olsen
  Texas Supreme Court· 1962-06-27· cited 193×
• Pope v. Ferguson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1969-10-01· cited 182×
• Armadillo Bail Bonds v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-01-23· cited 173×
• State Ex Rel. Holmes v. Denson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-06-27· cited 106×
• Kelley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-07-03· cited 98×
• State v. Eaves
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-12-05· cited 76×
• Flores v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-11-01· cited 69×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1949-06-22· cited 14×
• Ex Parte Lohse
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1952-05-28· cited 9×
• State v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1990-08-30· cited 3×