Adkinson v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reversing conviction for possession of marijuana when, despite opinion testimony that substance was marijuana, “no scientifically conclusive evidence was presented”
• reversing conviction for possession of marijuana when, despite opinion testimony that substance was marijuana, “no scientifically conclusive evidence was presented”
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation chemist thought green leafy material was marijuana but did not test it
• evidence insufficient where detectives testified that they believed the substance was marijuana and a GBI chemist stated that he thought the material was marijuana but could not testify to that beyond a reasonable doubt

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-12-28· cited 35×
• Muller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-30· cited 28×
• Atkinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-04-14· cited 24×
• Christopher v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-18· cited 16×
• Chambers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-03-03· cited 15×
• Fuller v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-07-30· cited 14×
• McGee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-09-10· cited 12×
• Dulcio v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-04-22· cited 10×
• Russell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-22· cited 10×
• King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-09· cited 10×
• Willingham v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-02-13· cited 9×
• Cargile v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-04-24· cited 6×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-07-15· cited 5×
• Adkinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-07-14· cited 5×
• Shala King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-09

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-07-16· cited 41×
• Clay v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-05-26· cited 17×
• Givens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-31· cited 14×
• Phillips v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-11-22· cited 11×
• Riggins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-02-24· cited 2×