Fields v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “A confession of guilt, freely and voluntarily made by the accused, is direct evidence of the highest character and sufficient to authorize a conviction when corroborated by proof of the corpus delicti.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-17· cited 143×
• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-02-11· cited 63×
• Kilgore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-06-28· cited 56×
• Shaver v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-03-15· cited 19×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-01-27· cited 14×
• State v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1978-04-19· cited 14×
• Holcomb v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-03-15· cited 9×
• Ryals v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-03-18· cited 8×
• Goldsby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-03-03· cited 8×
• State v. Watson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-11-08· cited 6×
• Evans v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-10-21· cited 5×
• Hayes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-11· cited 5×
• Medlin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-06-06· cited 5×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-02-11· cited 3×
• Strange v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-01-10· cited 1×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-09-02· cited 1×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kirby v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-07· cited 3,001×
• Brand v. Wofford
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-07-02· cited 46×
• Wynes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1936-04-16· cited 33×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-04-16· cited 29×
• Bryant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1972-04-20· cited 27×
• Gilder v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1963-11-19· cited 21×
• Thompkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1966-09-08· cited 17×
• Hunt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1972-12-04· cited 13×
• Bagley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1956-02-15· cited 8×
• Davis v. THE STATE
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1954-10-11· cited 7×
• Lowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1969-01-23· cited 6×