Barnes v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that trial court erred in allowing state to cross-examine defendant about his failure to talk to police before his arrest
• holding that striking jurors because of family members who had criminal records is a valid race-neutral basis for exercising peremptory strike
• holding that striking jurors because of family members who had criminal records is a valid race-neutral basis for exercising peremptory strike
• holding that Georgia courts should take a permissive approach to admitting mitigating evidence that is relevant to the defendant’s character, background, or blameworthiness but noting that “[t]he victim’s bad character is not admissible in the sentencing phase”
• noting that appropriate considerations include “the size of the community, the extent of media coverage, and the nature of the media coverage, especially if the coverage was inaccurate or inflammatory”
• holding an invited error is not a basis for reversal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

149 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gissendaner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-05· cited 131×
• Mullins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-01-19· cited 97×
• Whatley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-12-04· cited 92×
• Arrington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-09· cited 91×
• Pye v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-21· cited 91×
• Morrow v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-06-12· cited 90×
• Fults v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-06-11· cited 89×
• Pace v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-12-03· cited 86×
• King v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-30· cited 81×
• Moss v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-03-25· cited 80×
• Heidler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-02· cited 77×
• Gibson v. Turpin
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-02-22· cited 75×
• Cook v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-19· cited 75×
• Palmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-06-01· cited 74×
• Lucas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-11-19· cited 72×
• Lance v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-25· cited 70×
• Braley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 70×
• Bryant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-18· cited 70×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-15· cited 66×
• Stinski v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-01· cited 65×

Cites

69 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×
• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Rakas v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-15· cited 6,103×
• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Hernandez v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-28· cited 4,168×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Eddings v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-19· cited 3,271×
• Purkett v. Elem
  Supreme Court· 1995-05-15· cited 3,008×
• Penry v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,957×
• Woodson v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,907×
• McCleskey v. Kemp
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-08· cited 2,038×
• Skipper v. South Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-29· cited 1,534×
• Mallory v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-01· cited 221×
• Pope v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-07-16· cited 182×
• Earnest v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-10-30· cited 182×
• McClain v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-11-12· cited 179×
• Spivey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-07-02· cited 163×