Stearn 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 evidence of intent to commit theft sufficient when defendant was found in residence’s kitchen and immediately fled, even though nothing in house had been disturbed
• holding evidence of intent to commit theft sufficient when defendant was found in residence’s kitchen and immediately fled, even though nothing in house had been disturbed
• holding evidence of intent to commit theft sufficient when defendant was found in residence’s kitchen and immediately fled, even though nothing in house had been disturbed
• evidence sufficient to support burglary of habitation where appellant found in kitchen of residence, nothing had been disturbed other than what was necessary to break in, and appellant fled when discovered
• evidence sufficient to support burglary of habitation where appellant found in kitchen of residence, nothing had been disturbed other than what was necessary to break in, and appellant fled when discovered

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Matson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-10-16· cited 1,540×
• Skillern v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1995-01-18· cited 298×
• Robles v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-02-15· cited 125×
• Mauldin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-03-10· cited 91×
• Cook v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-12-09· cited 90×
• McGee v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1995-08-17· cited 71×
• Pinkerton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-07-13· cited 71×
• Acosta v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-06-01· cited 57×
• Phillips v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-11-21· cited 48×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-06-18· cited 34×
• Moone v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1991-03-20· cited 23×
• Nolan v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1981-10-30· cited 15×
• Baker v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1981-12-22· cited 13×
• LaBome v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1981-11-12· cited 12×
• Warren v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1982-07-27· cited 12×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1985-03-07· cited 10×
• Fain v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1985-03-20· cited 10×
• Marinez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1983-05-05· cited 8×
• Whithurst v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1985-04-25· cited 5×
• Daniels v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1983-05-26· cited 4×