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 evidence sufficient to establish intent to kill for capital murder conviction because defendant shot victim at close range and fled scene
• holding evidence sufficient to establish intent to kill for capital murder conviction because defendant shot victim at close range and fled scene
• finding shooting at close range and then fleeing scene of shooting could support inference by factfinder that appellant intended to kill victim
• stating timely objection must be made as soon as ground of objection becomes apparent
• stating timely objection must be made as soon as ground of objection becomes apparent
• “A rational trier of fact could have inferred from appellant’s acts of entering the office carrying a deadly weapon, . . . shooting her at close range, and then fleeing the scene . . ., that appellant intended to cause the death of the deceased.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Dinkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-02-01· cited 1,534×
• Solomon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-06-20· cited 1,266×
• Cook v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-04-07· cited 564×
• Cathey v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-06-16· cited 562×
• Garcia v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-04-13· cited 452×
• Drew v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-09-30· cited 420×
• Gill v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-03-23· cited 392×
• Blake v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-06-24· cited 372×
• DeBlanc v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-11-28· cited 288×
• Wilkerson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-03-23· cited 286×
• Mays v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-12-03· cited 209×
• Dunn v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-09-18· cited 192×
• Armstrong v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-11-27· cited 187×
• Sattiewhite v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1989-10-25· cited 187×
• Goldberg v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2002-08-22· cited 170×
• Farris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-11-28· cited 160×
• Hollins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-03-20· cited 131×
• Norris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-03-01· cited 131×
• Holladay v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-05-07· cited 129×
• Beltran v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-04-15· cited 115×

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• United States v. Agurs
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-24· cited 6,537×
• Estelle v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1981-05-18· cited 2,053×
• Jurek v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,034×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-03-23· cited 385×
• Russell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-07-06· cited 254×
• Granviel v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-11-10· cited 244×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-07-18· cited 202×
• Paulus v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-05-26· cited 201×
• McManus v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-12-05· cited 193×
• Mitchell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-04-27· cited 177×
• Bodde v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-06-14· cited 168×
• May v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-05-20· cited 152×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-01-20· cited 147×
• Rumbaugh v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-03-03· cited 128×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-10-14· cited 126×
• Ex Parte Williams
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-07-21· cited 109×
• McCarty v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-07-11· cited 107×
• Watson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-02-27· cited 98×
• Guzman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-04-02· cited 97×