Willis v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding link where defendant and his passenger “gave conflicting stories 10 about the underlying reasons for their trip.”
• finding link where defendant “appeared extremely nervous 11 because his hands were trembling and the artery on his neck was throbbing.”
• finding link where “[a] strong scent of air freshener emanated from the car, which Hellen stated is an 12 indicator of a common practice employed by drug traffickers to cut down the smell of the drugs”
• proof that accused forfeited his bond tends to prove flight which may be probative of guilt
• if sentence is \grossly disproportionate\ to gravity of crime and prior convictions, court next compares it to sentences imposed on other defendants in same jurisdiction and those imposed for same offense in other jurisdictions
• if sentence is “grossly disproportionate” to gravity of crime and prior convictions, court next compares it to sentences imposed on other defendants in same jurisdiction and those imposed for same offense in other jurisdictions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Allen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-03-25· cited 148×
• Caraway v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2008-04-03· cited 68×
• Triplett v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2009-08-05· cited 63×
• Parker v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2009-09-10· cited 45×
• Tamez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2006-09-06· cited 27×
• Roger Dale Guess v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2010-02-26· cited 13×
• Brown v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2010-01-13· cited 9×
• Pelache v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2009-10-28· cited 8×
• Zorn v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2010-05-28· cited 8×
• Howard Joseph Holmes v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2008-04-10
• Lamb County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Public Utility Commission of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-12-31
• Juan Martin Lopez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-12-31
• Chandell Allen v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-03-07
• Lesli Grimes, Individually and as Next Friend of Kyler Hopkins, a Minor, and Daniel Grimes v. Luiz Cesar, M.D. and Luiz Cesar M.D., P.A.
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2006-06-07
• in the Interest of B. R. W., a Child
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2007-07-09
• Michael Wayne Triplett v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2009-07-07
• Jose Luis Perez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2009-03-12
• Joseph Ervin Robbins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2007-11-07
• Benizi Anselmo v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2007-10-24
• Michael Shane Nobles v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2007-08-01

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Montgomery v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-06-19· cited 7,264×
• Whren v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-05-15· cited 7,105×
• Florida v. Royer
  Supreme Court· 1983-03-23· cited 6,728×
• 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×
• Harmelin v. Michigan
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-27· cited 4,521×
• Solem v. Helm
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-28· cited 4,242×
• Tibbs v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-07· cited 3,796×
• State v. Ross
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-11-29· cited 3,729×
• Carmouche v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-01-26· cited 3,205×
• United States v. Sharpe
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-20· cited 2,970×
• Romero v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-11-21· cited 2,504×
• Zuniga v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-04-21· cited 2,472×
• Sims v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-03-12· cited 2,381×
• Rummel v. Estelle
  Supreme Court· 1980-03-18· cited 2,234×
• Santellan v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-01-29· cited 1,995×
• Villarreal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-11-20· cited 1,246×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-06-04· cited 1,223×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-12-13· cited 1,146×