¶1Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; and
¶2Sup. Ct. Ga. Certio-rari denied. Reported below: No. 77-5553, 556 S. W. 2d 300; No. 77-5620, 239 Ga. 53, 236 S. E. 2d 1.
434 U.S. 1002
Brock v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 12, 1977
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1977-12-12
Relies on Freeman v. State · Young v. State
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1977-12-12
How this case has been cited
Cited by 206 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2025 · most notably Adams v. Texas (1980), Godfrey v. Georgia (1980)
53 federal appellate · 8 district · 107 state decisions — followed in 28 states
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