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evidence raising defense in Texas

21 Texas opinions name it 3 courts 2008–2024 7 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Texas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (5)

CaseFollowedCited
Villarreal, Rene Danielgreen
texcrimapp · 2015 · cited in 11 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2015–2024
2 sentences

2024In reviewing the state of the evidence, we must consider not only the extent to which the parties contested and presented evidence on the relevant issue but also the weight and “plausibility of the evidence raising the defense.” Lozano, 636 S.W.3d at 29 (analyzing egregious harm due to erroneous inclusion of instructions on duty to retreat); see Villarreal v. State, 453 S.W.3d 429, 437 (Tex. Crim.

2024In examining the evidence, we must consider 30 “the plausibility of the evidence raising the defense.” Villarreal v. State, 453 S.W.3d 429, 436 (Tex. Crim.

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Posey v. Stategreen
texcrimapp · 1998 · cited in 4 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2010–2015
2 sentences

2015On the contrary, a curated trial strategy is a hallmark of professional assistance. “[T]he lawyer and the client could decide not to request the defensive issue and risk losing their credibility with the jury because the evidence raising the defense is so unworthy of belief.” Posey, 966 S.W.2d at 61, 63 .

2014In Posey, the Court reasoned that a decision by the defendant and his counsel not to request an instruction on the mistake-of-fact defense could have been based on their desire to “avoid losing their credibility with the jury because the evidence raising the defense is so unworthy of belief.” 966 S.W.2d at 63 .

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Allen v. Stategreen
texcrimapp · 2008 · cited in 4 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2014–2023
2 sentences

2023Rather, “it is appropriate to consider the plausibility of the evidence raising the defense, as at least one factor among others.” Allen v. State, 253 S.W.3d 260 , 267–68 (Tex. Crim.

2015See Allen, 253 S.W.3d at 267-68 (observing, with respect to an egregious-harm analysis pertaining to a defensive theory, that “it is appropriate to consider the plausibility of the evidence raising the defense” as at least one factor in deciding whether egregious harm exists).

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Almanza v. Stategreen
texcrimapp · 1986 · cited in 2 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2010–2010
2 sentences

2010See id.

2010See id.

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Dickey v. Stategreen
texcrimapp · 1999 · cited in 1 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2008–2008
1 sentence

2008The uncontested circumstances immediately surrounding the assault itself do not strongly suggest either that the complainant genuinely desired to be struck, or that the 28 See Dickey v. State, 22 S.W.3d 490, 492 (Tex. Crim.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Texas. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (1)

CaseCitedYears
Hollander, Joe Shawn green
texcrimapp · 2013
1 sentence

2021“In an egregious-harm analysis, the question is not simply whether, when viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the jury could rationally have found predicate facts to a level of confidence beyond a reasonable doubt.” Hollander, 414 S.W.3d at 751 . “[A] reviewing court must evaluate the likelihood, considering the record as a whole, that a properly instructed jury would have found the predicate facts to the requisite level of confidence.” Id.; see Villarreal, 453 S.W.3d at 436 (providing that an appellate court must “properly consider the plausibility of the evidence raising the de

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Statutes the citing opinions construe

TX § Tex. Penal Code § 1.07 (9) TX § Tex. Penal Code § 9.31 (9) TX § Tex. Penal Code § 22.01 (7) TX § Tex. Penal Code § 9.32 (5) TX § Tex. Occ. Code § 1702.102 (3) TX § Tex. Occ. Code § 1702.108 (3) TX § Tex. Occ. Code § 1702.322 (3) TX § Tex. Penal Code § 19.02 (3) TX § Tex. Penal Code § 2.05 (3) TX § Tex. Penal Code § 46.02 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

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