Torres 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 use of Rule 2(b) to abate the appeal and return the case to the trial court for a hearing on the appellant's ineffective assistance claim would violate the Rule 2(a) prohibition against enlarging jurisdiction
• holding that use of Rule 2(b) to abate the appeal and return the case to the trial court for a hearing on the appellant’s ineffective assistance claim would violate the Rule 2(a) prohibition against enlarging jurisdiction
• \we are not disposed to encourage a practice of disrupting the orderly and prompt flow of direct appeals by what could well become a routine defense practice of seeking abatement for random trolling of the record for signs of ineffective assistance\
• “we are not disposed to encourage a practice of disrupting the orderly and prompt flow of direct appeals by what could well become a routine defense practice of seeking abatement for random trolling of the record for signs of ineffective assistance”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Oldham v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-09-30· cited 392×
• Yarbrough v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2001-10-02· cited 100×
• Jack v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2002-01-10· cited 39×
• M.B. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1995-08-03· cited 24×
• Pettway v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-07· cited 21×
• Gonzales v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1998-02-18· cited 16×
• Boyette v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1995-10-05· cited 16×
• State v. Adams
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-10-02· cited 13×
• M.B. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1995-02-23· cited 12×
• White v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1995-01-12· cited 5×
• Padilla v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1990-10-04· cited 4×
• Gibson, in Re
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1990-11-14· cited 2×
• MB v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1995-08-03
• MB v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1995-02-23
• Jesus Gonzalez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2013-05-08
• Jarrett Leon Davenport, Sr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2018-07-31

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Torres v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1990-02-15· cited 2×