Bell 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 burglary conviction when evidence did not establish that defendant entered house without authority
• “The evidence that, once inside the apartment, [appellant] assaulted [the victim] and sought to rob him would support a conviction for ‘remain[ing]’ in the dwelling without authority.”
• “[E]vidence that, once inside the apartment, [appellant] assaulted [the victim] and sought to rob him would support a conviction for ‘remain[ing]’ in the dwelling without 8 authority.” (quoting OCGA § 16-7-1)
• “Even assuming that the evidence at trial showed that [the defendant] intended to commit a theft when he first entered [the] residence, there was no evidence that [he] entered the home ‘without authority.’ ”
• “Even assuming that the evidence at trial showed that [the defendant] intended to commit a theft when he first entered [the] residence, there was no evidence that [he] entered the home ‘without authority.’”
• “[T]o demonstrate prejudice for the alleged failure to elicit testimony, the defendant may not rely on hearsay or speculation but must either call the witness or introduce a legally recognized substitute for the uncalled witness’s testimony.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Price v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-03-04· cited 31×
• Watkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-06-13· cited 29×
• Jimmerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-06-13· cited 22×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-09-23· cited 22×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-03-04· cited 14×
• Slack v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-02-28· cited 12×
• Harvey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-02-27· cited 12×
• Williamson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-05-06· cited 12×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-01-10· cited 9×
• Styles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-09-24· cited 8×
• Isaac v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-05-14· cited 8×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-02· cited 4×
• Harrison v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-02-05· cited 3×
• Newton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-12-21· cited 3×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-05-20· cited 1×
• Timothy John Wilson, Jr. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-03-05
• Antonios Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-01-04
• James Howard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-02
• David Allen Newton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-12-21
• Dominique Styles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-09-24

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Vega v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-09· cited 340×
• Dickens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-03-13· cited 114×
• Burgess v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-12-05· cited 89×
• United States v. Michael John Walker
  Eighth Circuit· 2005-11-17· cited 43×
• Williams v. Moody
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-07-05· cited 33×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-05-17· cited 20×
• Nelson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-01-25· cited 20×
• Rose v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-05-28· cited 18×
• Dillard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-01-05· cited 14×
• Bell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-02-10· cited 8×