State Supreme Court / Tex. Crim. App.

Meraz v. State

Decided January 17, 1990. Maurice Palmer Duncan wrote the opinion for the court.

785 S.W.2d 146 · Cited 577 times

Official text

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

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.

Schuessler v. State · 719 S.W.2d 320
Burks v. United States · 437 U.S. 1
White v. State · 591 S.W.2d 851
Pool v. Ford Motor Co. · 715 S.W.2d 629
Cropper v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. · 754 S.W.2d 646
Banks v. Collins · 257 S.W.2d 97
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company v. Deen · 312 S.W.2d 933
CH Leavell & Co. v. Vilbig Bros., Inc. · 335 S.W.2d 211
C. H. Leavell & Co. v. Vilbig Bros. · 335 S.W.2d 211

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

Clewis v. State · 922 S.W.2d 126
Green v. State · 350 S.W.3d 617
Howard v. State · 145 S.W.3d 327
Ervin v. State · 331 S.W.3d 49
Cleveland v. State · 177 S.W.3d 374
Bigby v. State · 892 S.W.2d 864
Ballard v. State · 161 S.W.3d 269
Ex Parte Schuessler · 846 S.W.2d 850
Harris v. State · 866 S.W.2d 316
Dashield v. State · 110 S.W.3d 111
Watson v. State · 204 S.W.3d 404
Moranza v. State · 913 S.W.2d 718
Choice v. State · 883 S.W.2d 325
Smith v. State · 355 S.W.3d 138
Jacob Matthew Kiffe v. State · 361 S.W.3d 104
Anthony Torres Deleon v. State · 373 S.W.3d 644
Allen v. State · 841 S.W.2d 7
Stone v. State · 823 S.W.2d 375
Arcila v. State · 834 S.W.2d 357
Jones v. State · 817 S.W.2d 854
Lantrip v. State · 336 S.W.3d 343
Kenneth Cooper McAfee v. State · 467 S.W.3d 622
Saxton v. State · 804 S.W.2d 910
Wawrykow v. State · 866 S.W.2d 87
Kibble v. State · 340 S.W.3d 14

Explore from here

Maurice Palmer Duncan’s Judicial Record · Tex. Crim. App. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).