Bowers v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• using statutory definition of hearsay, Court ruled that out-of-court statements made by a witness are not hearsay and therefore are admissible; Court did not address issue of bolstering
• where witness was the declarant, testifying to her own statements, the statements were not dependent upon the competency and veracity of other persons and thus were not hearsay
• where witness was the declarant, testifying to her own statements, the statements were not dependent upon the competency and veracity of other persons and thus were not hearsay

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Boyt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-07-10· cited 34×
• Igidi v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-09-18· cited 15×
• Dyer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-09-04· cited 14×
• Buchheit v. Stinson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-03-20· cited 11×
• Washington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-13· cited 6×
• Cooley v. CITY OF CARROLITON
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-04-26· cited 5×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Francis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-11-06· cited 60×
• Sims v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-10-09· cited 41×
• Burroughs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-02-08· cited 23×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-04-12· cited 17×
• Hopkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-06-24· cited 14×
• Mitchell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-06-15· cited 8×
• Wheeler v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-03-29· cited 8×
• Meja v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-05-14· cited 5×
• Bounds v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-03-09· cited 5×