Swearingen 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 a witness’s “conclusory statement” that “individuals deposit their DNA on objects that they touch” was not “concrete evidence that biological material existed on the evidence sought to be tested”
• holding that a witness’s “conclusory statement” that “individuals deposit their DNA on objects that they touch” was not “concrete evidence that biological material existed on the evidence sought to be tested”
• stating that “a mere assertion or a general claim” will not satisfy Chapter 64 burden
• stating that “a mere assertion or a general claim” will not satisfy the Chapter 64 burden
• stating that “a mere 5 assertion or a general claim” will not satisfy an appellant’s Chapter 64 burden
• stating that “a mere assertion or a general claim” will not satisfy Chapter 64 burden

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Boston, Ronald Glen
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-10-09· cited 81×
• Holberg, Brittany Marlowe AKA Johnson, Brittany Marlowe
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-04-02· cited 75×
• State of Texas v. Swearingen, Larry Ray
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-02-05· cited 73×
• Reed v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2017-04-12· cited 71×
• Hall v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2019-01-30· cited 38×
• State of Texas v. Swearingen, Larry Ray
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2015-10-28· cited 22×
• State v. McLain
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2010-05-07· cited 6×
• Reed v. Goertz
  Fifth Circuit· 2025-05-01· cited 5×
• State v. Solman
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2011-10-25· cited 3×
• Roberto Gonzalez Martinez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2014-03-05· cited 2×
• Dohnal v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2018-02-15· cited 2×
• In Re: Larry Swearingen
  Fifth Circuit· 2019-08-16· cited 1×
• Charles Martin v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2014-10-09
• Christopher Sterling Sims v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2014-12-17
• Abraham Campos v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2014-12-22
• Raul Parra v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2015-06-25
• Genaro Galvan Acosta Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2015-07-08
• Cantu, Ivan Abner
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-10-13
• Roni Medearis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2013-08-30
• Joseph Glenn Goodrich v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2015-03-18

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Arizona v. Youngblood
  Supreme Court· 1989-01-23· cited 3,366×
• Boykin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-10-09· cited 1,829×
• Swearingen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-03-26· cited 924×
• Rivera v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-11-06· cited 551×
• Routier v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-06-18· cited 154×
• Prible v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-02-13· cited 151×
• Whitaker v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-01-14· cited 142×
• Dinkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-09-11· cited 124×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-03-01· cited 94×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-09-23· cited 40×
• Hood v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-03-02· cited 17×
• Carter v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2004-05-05· cited 10×
• Brewer v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2004-08-11· cited 4×