State Supreme Court / Tex. Crim. App.

Polk v. State

Decided May 22, 1985. Marvin Odell Teague wrote the opinion for the court.

693 S.W.2d 391 · Cited 460 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.

Ex Parte Moser · 602 S.W.2d 530
Specht v. Patterson · 386 U.S. 605
Ex Parte Thomas · 638 S.W.2d 905
Railroad Commission of Texas v. Shell Oil Co. · 161 S.W.2d 1022
Denbow v. Standard Accident Insurance · 186 S.W.2d 236
Texas Employers Insurance v. Patterson · 192 S.W.2d 255
Hawkins v. State · 605 S.W.2d 586
Barbee v. State · 432 S.W.2d 78
Travelstead v. State · 693 S.W.2d 400
Williams v. State · 567 S.W.2d 507
Bravo v. State · 627 S.W.2d 152
Tew v. State · 551 S.W.2d 375
Giles v. State · 617 S.W.2d 690
Polk v. State · 676 S.W.2d 408
Wheat v. State · 442 S.W.2d 363
Ruben v. State · 645 S.W.2d 794
Romay v. State · 442 S.W.2d 399
United States v. Tramunti · 377 F. Supp. 6

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