State Supreme Court / Tex. Crim. App.

Emerson v. State

Decided April 13, 1994. Samuel Houston Clinton Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

880 S.W.2d 759 · Cited 407 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Kelly v. State · 824 S.W.2d 568
Grice v. State · 142 Tex. Crim. 4
Chapa v. State · 729 S.W.2d 723
State v. Superior Court · 718 P.2d 171
State v. Witte · 836 P.2d 1110
Urban v. State · 387 S.W.2d 396
State v. Barker · 366 S.E.2d 642
Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483
State v. Murphy · 451 N.W.2d 154
Victory v. State of Texas · 158 S.W.2d 760
Zani v. State · 758 S.W.2d 233
State v. Clark · 762 P.2d 853
Parrack v. State · 228 S.W.2d 859
Plaster v. State · 567 S.W.2d 500
Carter v. State · 150 Tex. Crim. 448
Montgomery v. State · 810 S.W.2d 372
Morrison v. State · 845 S.W.2d 882
Pierce v. State · 777 S.W.2d 399
De Freece v. State · 848 S.W.2d 150
Leyva v. State · 552 S.W.2d 158
Peach v. State · 498 S.W.2d 192
Vaughn v. State · 493 S.W.2d 524
Legg v. State · 594 S.W.2d 429
De La Garza v. State · 579 S.W.2d 220
Ex Parte Britton · 382 S.W.2d 264

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