Williams 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 statute unconstitutional that required ninety-five percent remittitur of amount of bond if defendant was produced within two years after judgment, thus altering or nullifying final judgment rendered by a court
• holding statute unconstitutional that required ninety-five percent remittitur of amount of bond if defendant was produced within two years after judgment, thus altering or nullifying final judgment rendered by a court
• Allowing Legislature to alter final judgment under pretense of regulating procedures for bail would make “the power of the judicial branch ... a mockery, subject to the whim of the Legislature.”
• “[T]he Legislature has no power to alter a final judgment rendered by the court in a bond forfeiture. Otherwise, the power of the judicial branch would be a mockery, subject to the whim of the Legislature. The finality of judgments would not exist and courts would be Legislative forums.”
• “[T]he Legislature has no power to alter a final judgment rendered by the court in a bond forfeiture. Otherwise, the power of the judicial branch would be a mockery, subject to the whim of the Legislature. The finality of judgments would not exist and courts would be Legislative forums.”
• A [T]he Legislature has no power to alter a final judgment rendered by the court in a bond forfeiture. Otherwise, the power of the judicial branch would be a mockery, subject to the whim of the Legislature. The finality of judgments would not exist and courts would be Legislative forums. @

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Meshell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-07-01· cited 390×
• Armadillo Bail Bonds v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-01-23· cited 173×
• in the Interest of D.W., T.W., and S.G., Children
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2008-02-19· cited 161×
• Evans Ex Rel. Kutch v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2002-08-30· cited 108×
• State v. Condran
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1997-07-25· cited 51×
• Norton v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1996-01-18· cited 50×
• In Re DW
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-02-19· cited 25×
• Wright v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2006-10-25· cited 24×
• Gramercy Insurance Co. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1992-05-06· cited 22×
• Wilson-Everett v. Christus St. Joseph
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-11-29· cited 20×
• Ex Parte Barnes
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1998-01-29· cited 20×
• Ex Parte Dotson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2002-06-05· cited 17×
• Bailout Bonding Co. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1990-09-05· cited 16×
• H & C Communications, Inc. v. Reed's Food International, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1994-10-05· cited 14×
• Jackson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1993-06-24· cited 7×
• Bonds v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1995-11-09· cited 7×
• State v. Sellers
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1989-01-26· cited 6×
• Shaw v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1991-02-27· cited 1×
• Reo Dell Wright v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2006-10-25
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-11-29