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Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 5/9/2012

State v. Mendoza

Citations

  • 365 S.W.3d 666
  • 2012 WL 1605151
  • 2012 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 646

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the use of the word “observed” is a “strong verb” that states an historical fact
  • explaining that appellate courts may abate and remand case for additional findings and conclusions, including credibility determinations
  • explaining that requirement that trial court make specific findings of fact “ensure[s] that reviewing courts need not presume, assume, or guess at what historical facts a trial judge actually found when making a ruling in a motion to suppress hearing”
  • explaining that requirement that trial court make specific findings of fact “ensure[s] that reviewing courts need not presume, assume, or guess at what historical facts a trial judge actually found when making a ruling in a motion to suppress hearing”
  • reversing and remanding for additional fact findings because dispositive credibility determination was absent from trial court's findings
  • reversing and remanding for additional fact findings because dispositive credibility determination of testifying officer was absent from trial court’s findings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cochran, Meyers, Price, Womack, Johnson, Keasler, Heryey, Alcala, Keller

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

Cites

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