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 the State = s reliance upon this evidence in closing makes it more likely that it was pivotal to the conviction
• holding that the prosecutor = s inflammatory argument was improper because it asked the jury to render a verdict based upon personal passion
• “entirely appropriate” for jury to be asked to make reasonable deductions from evidence regarding degree of terror and pain experienced by complainant shortly before his death
• third Martinez factor did not weigh in favor of harm where jury assessed punishment at 30 years, “well 7 within” range of 5 to 99 years or life for first-degree felony offense
• third Martinez factor did not weigh in favor of harm where jury assessed punishment at 30 years, “well 7 within” range of 5 to 99 years or life for first-degree felony offense

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Temple v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-12-21· cited 124×
• Herrero v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2003-12-09· cited 61×
• Charles v. Thaler
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-01-04· cited 42×
• Darby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-08-25· cited 42×
• Kelly v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-06-17· cited 42×
• Romeo Hinojosa v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2014-05-07· cited 41×
• Ayala v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2008-08-21· cited 32×
• Smith v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2003-06-26· cited 31×
• Weatherly v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2009-04-01· cited 20×
• Johnathan Ross Nickerson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-07-01· cited 19×
• Dylan Andrew Quick v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2018-07-26· cited 19×
• State v. Weaver
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2004-05-12· cited 14×
• McClure v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2008-10-03· cited 13×
• Josue Francisco Vazquez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-11-03
• Darrell Darcell Darby A/K/A Darrell Decell Darby v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2004-08-25
• Gregory Charles Reed v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2004-06-17
• Isidro Hernandez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2004-09-23
• Raymond Joseph Fierro v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2007-03-22
• Jimmie Wade Peery v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2003-10-29
• Charles Terrell McClure v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2008-10-03

Cites

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

• Montgomery v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-06-19· cited 7,264×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-02-09· cited 6,445×
• Clewis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-01-31· cited 5,788×
• Mosley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-07-01· cited 2,969×
• Motilla v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-06-26· cited 1,558×
• Solomon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-06-20· cited 1,266×
• Ovalle v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-03-08· cited 800×
• Martinez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-05-17· cited 727×
• Morales v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-12-06· cited 697×
• Heiselbetz v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-09-20· cited 653×
• Guidry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-12-15· cited 633×
• Trevino v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-05-12· cited 481×
• Fuller v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-03-25· cited 399×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1998-10-28· cited 380×
• Beckham v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-11-20· cited 235×
• Hydroculture, Inc. v. Coopers
  Supreme Court· 1983-11-14· cited 199×
• Brandley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-05-08· cited 192×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-06-29· cited 191×
• Gonzales v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-01-23· cited 171×
• Mulder v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-04-09· cited 124×