State Supreme Court / Tex. Crim. App.

Ex Parte Williams

Decided February 5, 1986. John Frank Onion Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

703 S.W.2d 674 · Cited 257 times

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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.

Thompson v. City of Louisville · 362 U.S. 199
Ex Parte Moffett · 542 S.W.2d 184
Ex Parte Lyles · 323 S.W.2d 950
Ex Parte Murchison · 560 S.W.2d 654
Wolfe v. State · 560 S.W.2d 686
Ex Parte Taylor · 480 S.W.2d 692
Kercheval v. United States · 274 U.S. 220
Brown v. State · 507 S.W.2d 235
Ex Parte Wingfield · 282 S.W.2d 219
Ex Parte Keener · 314 S.W.2d 93
Ex Parte Duffy · 607 S.W.2d 507
Carlsen v. State · 654 S.W.2d 444
Houston v. State · 663 S.W.2d 455
Ex Parte Caldwell · 383 S.W.2d 587
Dickey v. State · 693 S.W.2d 386
Darden v. State · 430 S.W.2d 494
Ex Parte Acosta · 672 S.W.2d 470
Ex Parte Rains · 555 S.W.2d 478
Brinson v. State · 570 S.W.2d 937
Dees v. State · 676 S.W.2d 403
Ex Parte Powell · 558 S.W.2d 480
Renesto v. State · 452 S.W.2d 498
Gaines v. State · 501 S.W.2d 315
Rodriguez v. State · 442 S.W.2d 376
Ex Parte Reed · 610 S.W.2d 495

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