Baker v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “the exclusion of evidence under Rule 403 is an extraordinary remedy which should be used only sparingly”
• evidence may be un- fairly prejudicial under Rule 403 if offered to prove “a criminal defendant’s bad character or his propensity for violence”
• “[T]he exclusion of evidence under Rule 403 is an extraordinary remedy which should be used only sparingly.” (punctuation omitted)
• trial court abused its discretion under Rule 403 by admitting portion of rap video showing defendant waving a handgun pointed directly at the camera and 22 mimicking shooting while other men brandished guns and made hand signs

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Siders v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-10-15· cited 6×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-03-04· cited 6×
• Pounds v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-11-05· cited 4×
• Gallegos-Munoz v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-09-17· cited 4×
• State v. Flowers
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-02-18· cited 2×
• HART, LARRY JEAN v. the State of Texas
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2024-05-08
• Larry Jean Hart v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2024-05-09
• Desmond Legrant Staley, Jr. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-05-15
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-06-24
• Ealey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-09-16
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-10-21
• Dimitrious Gordon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-10-25
• State v. Brantley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-06-16

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Old Chief v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1997-01-07· cited 2,913×
• Olds v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-05-23· cited 258×
• United States v. Edgar Jamal Gamory
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-03-11· cited 188×
• Gates v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-01-19· cited 167×
• Kirby v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-09-24· cited 129×
• State v. Almanza
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-10-09· cited 98×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-03· cited 86×
• State v. Vonte Skinner (071764)
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2014-08-04· cited 79×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-25· cited 67×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-11-02· cited 57×
• Strong v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-06-29· cited 51×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-02-07· cited 44×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-06-22· cited 41×
• Heard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-06-16· cited 39×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-02-05· cited 36×
• FITTS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-06-01· cited 32×
• Morrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-02-15· cited 32×
• Ash v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-11-02· cited 30×
• Jivens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-12-19· cited 24×