Bennett v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “the mere statement that [a defendant] may have been in a jail for some undisclosed reason or Indeterminate period of time does not place his character into evidence. [Cit.]”
• relevant evidence which minimally places character in evidence is admissible where relevance outweighs prejudice

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Roebuck v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-22· cited 49×
• Sorrells v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-10-07· cited 25×
• Copeland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-10-24· cited 17×
• Gay v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-11-27· cited 11×
• Sims v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-10-14· cited 5×
• Norman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-02-16· cited 4×
• Pettis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-12-17· cited 2×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Bethay v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-10-21· cited 171×
• Payne v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-11-18· cited 137×
• Tanner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1972-03-09· cited 58×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-09-27· cited 46×
• Parker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-02-20· cited 14×