Turner v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that while hands and feet are not typically deadly weapons, they may become so when “calculated to inflict serious bodily injury . . .” (Emphasis added); and, Lane v. State, 151 S.W.3d 188, 192 (Tex.Cr.App. 2004
• finding defendant used his hands as deadly weapons to choke the victim
• finding defendant used his hands as deadly weapons to choke the victim
• “[A] fist or hands are not ‘deadly weapons’ per se but can become such only in the manner used depending upon the evidence shown.”
• “[A] fist or hands are not ‘deadly weapons’ per se but can become such only in the manner used depending upon the evidence shown.”
• “[A] fist or hands are not ‘deadly weapons’ per se but can become such only in the manner used depending upon the evidence shown.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Lane v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-12-08· cited 485×
• Quintana v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1989-08-31· cited 168×
• Whatley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-05-14· cited 66×
• Gillum v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1995-03-08· cited 63×
• Jefferson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1998-07-30· cited 49×
• Mixon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-02-27· cited 44×
• Judd v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1996-06-20· cited 42×
• Brooks v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1995-06-02· cited 41×
• Petruccelli v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2005-08-17· cited 37×
• United States v. Rocha
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-03-18· cited 35×
• Quincy v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2009-09-30· cited 34×
• Mixon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1990-03-14· cited 34×
• Stanul v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-05-18· cited 32×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-06-01· cited 27×
• Rice v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1989-05-04· cited 26×
• Hopper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-01-14· cited 26×
• Vela v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2004-10-12· cited 19×
• Villanueva v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2006-06-08· cited 12×
• Ex Parte Hopson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-04-17· cited 11×
• Kirkpatrick v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1988-03-17· cited 11×