Brown v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding, under former Evidence Code, that “[a] photograph which depicts the victim after autopsy incisions are made ... will not be admissible unless necessary to show some material fact which becomes apparent only because of the autopsy”
• holding, under former Evidence Code, that “[a] photograph which depicts the victim after autopsy incisions are made ... will not be admissible unless necessary to show some material fact which becomes apparent only because of the autopsy”
• holding, under former Evidence Code, that “[a] photograph which depicts the victim after autopsy incisions are made . . . will not be admissible unless necessary to show some material fact which becomes apparent only because of the autopsy”
• reversing the defendant’s murder conviction because the evidence, which showed only that he was present at the crime scene with his brother (the shooter) and that he “participated in the act of bringing [a] shotgun and shells along,” was not constitutionally sufficient
• \We take this opportunity to announce a rule to assist counsel in the future in deciding what [autopsy] photos may be offered in evidence.\
• evidence of presence, association, and even approval but not intent to participate in the crimes was insufficient

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Felker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-03-15· cited 196×
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-04-12· cited 167×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-02-13· cited 154×
• Ingram v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-11-27· cited 151×
• Bright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-17· cited 143×
• Crowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-26· cited 133×
• Frazier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-12-01· cited 124×
• Mincey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-07-07· cited 110×
• Ledford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-02-21· cited 108×
• Conklin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-06-27· cited 105×
• Spencer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-11-21· cited 100×
• Baxter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-07-03· cited 99×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-10-31· cited 86×
• State v. Orr
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-05-06· cited 84×
• Bishop v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-07-16· cited 73×
• Sanders v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-05-25· cited 72×
• Ex Parte Perkins
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-07-13· cited 71×
• Roberts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-02-21· cited 69×
• Sterling v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-10-21· cited 64×
• State v. Middleton
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1986-01-29· cited 63×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Gibbons v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-02-03· cited 353×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-04-06· cited 100×
• Adsitt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-09-29· cited 70×
• Ramey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-01-06· cited 51×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-10-28· cited 50×
• Loftin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-01-23· cited 48×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-02-16· cited 42×
• Parker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-09-08· cited 29×
• O'NEAL v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-09-07· cited 24×
• Watson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-01-22· cited 20×
• Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-06-29· cited 20×
• Hall v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-03-08· cited 14×