Walter v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that “the trial court abused its discretion in admitting [declarant]’s narrative in toto without examining each fact asserted in the narrative to assess whether that fact was directly self-incriminating”
• explaining generally “the hearsay rule excludes any out-of-court statement offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted,” but exception to hearsay rule allows admissions of statements made against declarant’s interest
• explaining difference between admissible blame-sharing statements and inadmissible blame-shifting statements and holding that “‘blame-shifting’ statements that did not inculpate the speaker and the defendant equally were inadmissible under the [hearsay] rule”
• explaining rationale for admitting statements under recognized exceptions to hearsay rule
• “the trial court must determine whether the statement, considering all the circumstances, subjects the declarant to criminal liability”
• “only those statements that are directly against the speaker’s penal interest (including ‘blame-sharing’ statements) are admissible under Rule 803(24).”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Winfrey, Megan AKA Megan Winfrey Hammond
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-02-27· cited 784×
• Trent Mason v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2013-10-31· cited 66×
• Phillips, Christopher Allen
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2015-06-03· cited 59×
• Bryant v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-03-13· cited 56×
• Orona v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2011-07-27· cited 29×
• Ex parte Walsh
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-08-31· cited 28×
• Washington v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-01-29· cited 21×
• Travis Wade Coleman, Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2014-01-23· cited 14×
• Spearman v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2010-02-10· cited 9×
• Walter v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-08-11· cited 5×
• Leroy Flores Alaniz v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2015-07-09
• Jorge Alberto Ramirez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-06-10
• James Matthew Rogers v. State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2002-08-01
• Stephon Lavelle Walter v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-08-11
• Billy Ray Bryant v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-03-13
• Casey Leon Riddley v. State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2001-12-19
• Eric Dewayne Carroll v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2009-10-14
• Ezekiel Harrell III v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-09-01
• Soffar, Max Alexander
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-11-18
• Fratta, Robert Alan
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-10-05

Cites

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

• Crawford v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
• Ohio v. Roberts
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 5,425×
• Davis v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2006-06-19· cited 4,179×
• Dewberry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-20· cited 2,718×
• Lilly v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-14· cited 1,183×
• Lee v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-03· cited 1,066×
• Williamson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-27· cited 931×
• Green v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-29· cited 672×
• Simpson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-10-01· cited 640×
• Guidry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-12-15· cited 633×
• Cantu v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-01-29· cited 612×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-12-15· cited 441×
• United States v. Williams
  Second Circuit· 2007-10-23· cited 260×
• Miles v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-02-28· cited 217×
• United States v. Casamento
  Second Circuit· 1989-10-11· cited 208×
• United States v. Michael Lee Matthews and Robert G. Prater
  Second Circuit· 1994-03-30· cited 196×
• LaGrand v. Stewart
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-01-16· cited 176×
• Cofield v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-10-26· cited 172×
• United States v. Gilberto Pablo Alvarez
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-11-20· cited 162×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-01-18· cited 146×