Wortham, Ronald Eugene Jr.

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]nything more than a scintilla of [relevant] evidence entitles the defendant to [a jury instruction on] the lesser charge\
• holding that a defendant is not entitled to a lesser-included offense if the only evidence offered in support of the lesser charge is \mere speculation\
• holding that a defendant is not entitled to a lesser-included offense if the only evidence offered in support of the lesser charge is “mere speculation”
• holding that evidence that defendant is guilty only of lesser-included offense “cannot be mere speculation—it must consist of affirmative evidence that both raises the lesser-included offense and rebuts or negates an element of the greater offense”
• holding anything more than scintilla of evidence entitles defendant to charge instruction
• “Anything more than a scintilla of evidence entitles the defendant to the lesser charge.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Brandon Lynn Darkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-04-29· cited 60×
• Michael Angel Ramirez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-02-04· cited 18×
• Knott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-02-10· cited 12×
• William David Brumbalow v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2014-01-09· cited 9×
• Anthony Craig Mathis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2014-08-21· cited 7×
• Adrian Gomez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-07-14· cited 6×
• Jacob Alfred Blanken v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-08-19· cited 1×
• Valencia v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-01-21· cited 1×
• William Charles Webb v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2014-08-27
• Nichole Turner v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2014-06-17
• Patrick Sharard Guillory v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2015-02-10
• Herbert Goldsmith v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-01-23
• Edward Ewing v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2015-03-02
• Jesus M. Loya, Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2015-02-19
• Denette Elizabeth Williams v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2014-03-19
• Ronald Eugene Wortham Jr. v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2014-02-19
• Shelly Renee Timms v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2014-05-30
• Derrick Wayne Hunt v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2014-05-28
• Tony Escobar v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2015-10-29
• Octavio Amaro v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2016-06-14

Cites

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

• Hall v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-05-09· cited 1,181×
• Bignall v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-11-16· cited 684×
• Cook v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-04-13· cited 507×
• Cavazos, Abraham
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-10-31· cited 377×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-03-21· cited 367×
• Jefferson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-04-12· cited 341×
• Hampton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-07-02· cited 297×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-10-09· cited 283×
• Sanchez, Orlando
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-05-16· cited 257×
• Arevalo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-03-19· cited 252×
• Bufkin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-11-01· cited 247×
• Rice v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-03-09· cited 215×
• Goad, Joshua Lee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-11-09· cited 207×
• Ex Parte Watson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-12-16· cited 205×
• Huffman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-10-01· cited 204×
• Denton, Ex Parte William Charles
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-05-22· cited 168×
• Hicks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-06-27· cited 32×
• Brunson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1989-01-25· cited 28×
• Gay v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2007-08-23· cited 24×
• Thompson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-06-20· cited 19×

Other cases named Wortham, Ronald Eugene Jr.

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Wortham, Ronald Eugene Jr.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-10-30
• Wortham, Ronald Eugene Jr.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-10-30
• Wortham, Ronald Eugene Jr.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2013-10-30