Windham 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 pulling the trigger without discharging a projectile does not qualify as shooting
• testimony that defendant pulled trigger and gun clicked insufficient to prove attempted murder indictment allegation that defendant shot at complainant
• when an indictment alleges a specific means of committing a homicide, the State has the burden of proving that allegation
• allegation that appellant attempted to kill victim by “shooting at her with a gun” required proof of gun firing projectile rather than mere proof of trigger-pulling producing clicking sound
• allegation that appellant attempted to kill victim by \shooting at her with a gun\ required proof of gun firing projectile rather than mere proof of trigger-pulling producing clicking sound

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Curry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-09-20· cited 1,894×
• Benson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-03-10· cited 270×
• Eastep v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-02-05· cited 180×
• Pesina v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1997-06-18· cited 77×
• Franklin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-10-26· cited 71×
• Wray v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1986-03-05· cited 60×
• Edwards v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1991-10-16· cited 58×
• Ahmadi v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-11-24· cited 55×
• McWilliams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-01-17· cited 52×
• United States v. Morales-Martinez
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-08-08· cited 44×
• Gardner v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1987-08-14· cited 44×
• Bohnet v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1997-02-27· cited 44×
• Upchurch v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-09-25· cited 34×
• Flores v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1995-10-11· cited 30×
• Yalch v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-01-20· cited 25×
• Farrell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1992-07-31· cited 23×
• Matthias v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1985-07-18· cited 16×
• Borrego v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1990-12-28· cited 13×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1995-07-06· cited 13×
• Graves v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1989-11-21· cited 12×