Wead 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 a complaint on appeal must be the same as that raised at trial
• applying that concept to argument regarding defendant’s failure to testify
• prosecutor may not properly comment upon the defendant’s demeanor in the courtroom because his demeanor is not evidence of guilt
• jury could infer from photographs showing swollen eye that victim experienced pain
• “We have recognized that, during closing argument at the guilt/innocence phase, a prosecutor may not properly comment upon the defendant’s demeanor in the courtroom, since the defendant’s demeanor in the courtroom is not evidence of guilt.”
• “We have recognized that, during closing argument at the guilt/innocence phase, a prosecutor may not properly comment upon the defendant’s demeanor in the courtroom, since the defendant’s demeanor in the courtroom is not evidence of guilt.”

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Cited by

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

• Gallo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-09-26· cited 687×
• Archie v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-05-02· cited 684×
• Ocon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-06-03· cited 525×
• Webb v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-06-13· cited 486×
• Riley, Billy Dee Jr.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-09-19· cited 227×
• Longoria v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-01-25· cited 134×
• Harris v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-05-17· cited 133×
• Temple v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-12-21· cited 124×
• Hill v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2010-03-31· cited 71×
• Shea v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2005-06-14· cited 65×
• Newby v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2008-02-05· cited 61×
• Andrade v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2008-02-07· cited 59×
• Turner, Albert James
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2018-11-14· cited 58×
• Bryant v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2009-03-13· cited 56×
• Orr v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2010-02-18· cited 53×
• Garcia v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2008-01-03· cited 52×
• Biagas v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-09-28· cited 50×
• Gboweh Dickson George v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2014-08-26· cited 43×
• Strickland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2006-03-30· cited 37×
• Nickerson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-05-04· cited 34×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Montgomery v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-06-19· cited 7,264×
• Griffin v. California
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-28· cited 4,680×
• Griffin v. California
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 4,088×
• Ladd v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-10-06· cited 1,900×
• Weatherred v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-03-29· cited 1,191×
• Saldano v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-03-13· cited 942×
• Dragoo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-01-22· cited 477×
• Bustamante v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-06-13· cited 419×
• Good v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-11-26· cited 139×
• United States v. Jefferson
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-07-16· cited 61×

Other cases named Wead v. State

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Wead v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2002-11-14· cited 16×