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body requirement in Texas

7 Texas opinions name it 2 courts 1975–2015 0 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 (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Carr v. Bell Savings & Loan Ass'ngreen
texapp · 1990 · cited in 3 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2002–2002
2 sentences

2002Carr v. Bell Sav. & Loan Ass’n, 786 S.W.2d 761, 765 (Tex.App.-Texarkana 1990, writ denied).

2002Carr v. Bell Sav. & Loan Ass'n , 786 S.W.2d 761, 765 (Tex. App.--Texarkana 1990, writ denied).

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Robert Sutherland, Jesus De La Garza, and Southern Customs Paint and Body v. Robert Keith Spencergreen
texapp · 2010 · cited in 1 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2012–2012
1 sentence

2012See Sutherland, 2010 WL 3180365 at *6 (citing Craddock v. Sunshine Bus Lines, Inc., 134 Tex. 388, 392 , 133 S.W.2d 124, 126 (1939)).

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Craddock v. Sunshine Bus Lines, Inc.green
tex · 1939 · cited in 1 Texas opinions naming this issue, 2012–2012
2 sentences

2012See Sutherland, 2010 WL 3180365 at *6 (citing Craddock v. Sunshine Bus Lines, Inc., 134 Tex. 388, 392 , 133 S.W.2d 124, 126 (1939)).

2012See Sutherland, 2010 WL 3180365 at *6 (citing Craddock v. Sunshine Bus Lines, Inc., 134 Tex. 388, 392 , 133 S.W.2d 124, 126 (1939)).

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Puryear v. Stategreen
texapp · 1889 · cited in 1 Texas opinions naming this issue, 1997–1997
2 sentences

1997See also, Puryear v. State, 28 Tex.App. 73 , 11 S.W. 929, 931 (1889) (Texas provision inspired by desire to avoid conviction and punishment of innocent persons, stating "we could cite hundreds of cases in which the innocent have been punished under the old rule, which did not require the body or a portion of it, to be found.").

1997See also, Puryear v. State, 28 Tex.App. 73 , 11 S.W. 929, 931 (1889) (Texas provision inspired by desire to avoid conviction and punishment of innocent persons, stating “we could cite hundreds of cases in which the innocent have been punished under the old rule, which did not require the body or a portion of it, to be found.”).

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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 (3)

CaseCitedYears
Sosa v. State green
texcrimapp · 1989
1 sentence

2015In Sosa, the court of criminal appeals found that the warning and waiver form sufficiently complied with section 38.22 even though the body of the waiver did not include the word “waiver” or the exact sequence of “knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily.” See id.

12015–2015
Epperly v. Commonwealth green
va · 1982
2 sentences

1997Id. (emphasizing that direct and circumstantial evidence are "entitled to the same weight").

1997Id. (emphasizing that direct and circumstantial evidence are “entitled to the same weight”).

11997–1997
Johnson v. State neutral
texcrimapp · 1927
2 sentences

1975Johnson v. State, 106 Tex.Cr.R. 482 , 293 S.W. 173 (1927).

1975Johnson v. State, 106 Tex.Cr.R. 482 , 293 S.W. 173 (1927).

11975–1975

Statutes the citing opinions construe

USC § 16u.s.c.1451 (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.

Where else courts name it

IL 30 (1937–2024) CA 14 (1950–2024) PA 10 (1911–2015) NY 9 (1892–2012) TX 7 (1975–2015) AZ 5 (1919–2012) ID 4 (1965–2026) NC 4 (2022–2022) IN 4 (1905–1984) LA 4 (1957–1969) FL 4 (1982–2018) IA 4 (1894–2015) KY 3 (1898–1927) MA 3 (1988–2018) OH 3 (2005–2018) AR 3 (1928–2005) MI 3 (2018–2021) WA 2 (1932–1948) MO 2 (1960–1961) KS 2 (1911–2004) MS 2 (2003–2004) MD 2 (1972–2002) NJ 2 (1975–1994)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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