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.

• stating that agreement to forgo prosecution for a pending charge in exchange for a plea to a lesser offense effectively places a cap on the possible punishment and is a plea bargain for purposes of Rule 25.2
• “Thus, for simplification, convictions under [§] 12.35(a) are classified as non- aggravated state jail felonies, and convictions under [§] 12.35(c) are classified as aggravated state jail felonies.”
• explaining the difference between “sentence bargains” and “charge bargains”
• explaining sentence bargains and charge bargains

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Maribel Saldivar v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2017-10-19· cited 15×
• James Fountain v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2018-08-03
• Jorge Enrique Guerrero-Acosta v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2018-11-08
• Edward Lee Mayfield v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2019-11-27
• Dustin Wade Hestand AKA Dustin W. Hestand v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2020-02-27
• State v. Crispen Hanson
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2020-03-27
• Antonio Fidel Garcia v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2020-08-18
• Roger Wysong v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2020-10-21
• Danny Gipson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2020-12-29
• Shawn Patrick Thurman v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2021-11-02
• Joseph AnthonyAnderson, III v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2022-06-21
• Teron Pratt v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2022-07-07
• Casey Austin Holloway v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2022-11-14
• The State of Texas v. Sanitha Lashay Hatter
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2023-12-14
• Abel Vasquez v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2023-12-12
• Keith Gaston v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2024-01-29
• Anthony Stephens v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2024-08-22
• HATTER, SANITHA LASHAY v. the State of Texas
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2025-01-22
• Leslie Campbell v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2026-01-15
• Cody James Wyatt v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2026-02-11

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Shankle v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-11-05· cited 369×
• Ex Parte Rich
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-06-07· cited 316×
• Perkins v. Court of Appeals for Third Supreme Judicial District of Texas
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-10-07· cited 217×
• Cox, Gilmore Franklin
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2016-01-27· cited 214×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-07-01· cited 140×
• Shannon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-04-30· cited 92×
• Kennedy v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-10-21· cited 78×
• Ex Parte Moussazadeh
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-12-19· cited 71×
• Deleon, Ex Parte Jesus
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-06-05· cited 54×
• Cody Lang Thomas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2015-11-20· cited 4×