Thomas 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 where a defendant familiar with guns and the potential for injury points a gun at the victim, the evidence indicates reckless conduct
• concluding that appreciation of risk of conduct is not diminished by lack of expectation that accident or involuntary action might make conduct more dangerous
• holding criminally negligent homicide lesser included offense of murder
• stating, “the rule against jurors conversing with unauthorized persons” (emphasis added)
• “evidence from any source raises the issue and ... credibility is not to be considered”
• juror who overheard conversation between third parties relating to the case testified that the conversation did not influence him at all in reaching a verdict or deciding punishment and that he did not tell anyone else about the statement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Salazar v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-01-17· cited 1,016×
• Martinez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-05-17· cited 727×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-10-25· cited 672×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-09-18· cited 613×
• Ocon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-06-03· cited 525×
• Saunders v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-05-13· cited 436×
• Moody v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-01-15· cited 415×
• Green v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-06-03· cited 346×
• Tompkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-10-07· cited 307×
• Montoya v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-10-28· cited 306×
• Hayes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-04-29· cited 303×
• Guzman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-03-29· cited 289×
• SWEED v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-10-19· cited 216×
• Flores v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-02-13· cited 188×
• Quinn v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-12-03· cited 180×
• Dowden v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-09-21· cited 136×
• Moreno v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-01-08· cited 132×
• Ross v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-01-20· cited 114×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-02-10· cited 108×
• Ybarra v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1995-04-05· cited 103×

Cites

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

• Royster v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-09-23· cited 763×
• Aguilar v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-01-09· cited 410×
• Dillon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-11-22· cited 372×
• Day v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-02-04· cited 359×
• Bell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-07-10· cited 312×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-03-16· cited 271×
• Ex Parte McWilliams
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-05-12· cited 259×
• Lugo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-03-14· cited 252×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-11-19· cited 223×
• Black v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-01-18· cited 198×
• Simpkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-10-31· cited 177×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-12-13· cited 155×
• Warren v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-05-24· cited 141×
• McMahon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-11-22· cited 123×
• Kuykendall v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-11-26· cited 102×
• McCartney v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-10-20· cited 101×
• Daywood v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1952-03-26· cited 96×
• Watson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-10-15· cited 94×
• McBrayer v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-01-23· cited 94×
• Herrera v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-10-31· cited 93×