Thompson 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 when the record provides no explanation as to the motivation behind trial counsel’s actions, an appellate court should be hesitant to declare ineffective assistance of counsel
• holding that when presented with a silent record, appellate court should be hesitant to declare ineffective assistance of counsel
• holding that when record provides no explanation as to motivations behind trial counsel's actions, appellate court should be hesitant to find counsel ineffective
• holding that deficient performance is not shown when record provided no references to explain why counsel failed to object to attempts to elicit inadmissible testimony
• holding that when record provides no explanation as to motivations behind trial counsel's actions, appellate court should be hesitant to find counsel ineffective
• holding that when record provides no explanation as to motivations behind trial counsel’s actions, appellate court should be hesitant to find counsel ineffective

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4,891 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Bone v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-06-19· cited 2,687×
• Goodspeed v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-04-06· cited 1,864×
• Rylander v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-03-26· cited 1,786×
• In Re J.O.A.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2009-05-01· cited 1,758×
• Garcia v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-10-03· cited 1,670×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-01-30· cited 1,505×
• Salinas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-05-18· cited 1,474×
• In the Interest of M.S.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-07-03· cited 1,402×
• Mallett v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-12-19· cited 1,369×
• Tong v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-09-20· cited 1,364×
• Trevino v. Thaler
  Supreme Court· 2013-05-28· cited 1,236×
• Lopez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-06-15· cited 1,100×
• Andrews v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-03-23· cited 1,093×
• Mitchell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-01-30· cited 850×
• Mata v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-06-06· cited 849×
• Cooper v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-04-04· cited 834×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-06-17· cited 811×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-09-25· cited 644×
• Menefield v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-04-18· cited 640×
• Perez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-05-26· cited 560×

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Murray v. Carrier
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 7,499×
• United States v. Cronic
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-14· cited 6,497×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-09-17· cited 3,060×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-06-01· cited 2,561×
• McFarland v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-02-21· cited 1,746×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-07-08· cited 1,105×
• Ex Parte Torres
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-04-16· cited 1,005×
• McFarland v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-09-23· cited 1,003×
• Ingham v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-10-17· cited 684×
• Cannon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-04-11· cited 428×
• Oldham v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-09-30· cited 392×
• Vasquez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-01-15· cited 391×
• Delrio v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-11-04· cited 309×
• Ex Parte Felton
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-09-18· cited 302×
• Ashley v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07· cited 223×
• Ex Parte Menchaca
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-05-12· cited 222×
• Ex Parte Scott
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-05-23· cited 108×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-07-24· cited 98×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-11-23· cited 66×

Other cases named Thompson v. State

1,397 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1997-05-30· cited 307×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-06-11· cited 268×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-04-13· cited 204×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-10-09· cited 155×
• Thompson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2004-03-23· cited 150×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-12-05· cited 144×
• Thompson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-03-13· cited 119×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-04-19· cited 112×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-10-30· cited 109×
• Thompson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-12-23· cited 107×
• Thompson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2002-11-07· cited 106×
• Thompson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1972-12-20· cited 104×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-09-09· cited 98×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-03-18· cited 98×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2011-12-30· cited 91×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1968-02-21· cited 90×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-01-18· cited 86×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-06-27· cited 85×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-10-09· cited 83×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-11-24· cited 83×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1986-04-08· cited 77×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-07-13· cited 76×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-09-14· cited 72×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-11-13· cited 71×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-11-09· cited 69×
• Thompson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2001-07-11· cited 66×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-07-20· cited 64×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-03-22· cited 64×
• Thompson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1969-03-11· cited 62×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2007-12-13· cited 62×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1986-08-29· cited 59×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1977-04-19· cited 59×
• Thompson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1996-01-11· cited 58×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-11-02· cited 57×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-12-04· cited 55×
• Thompson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2002-11-21· cited 53×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-06-20· cited 52×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-04-01· cited 51×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-06-12· cited 50×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-08-17· cited 50×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-05-10· cited 49×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-06-14· cited 49×
• Thompson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-04-25· cited 49×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-03-15· cited 48×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-10-20· cited 48×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-01-21· cited 48×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-04-12· cited 47×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-09-27· cited 47×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-06-09· cited 46×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1852-01-15· cited 46×