Supreme Court of Georgia· 6/30/1997
Freeman v. State
Citations
- 486 S.E.2d 348
- 268 Ga. 185
- 97 Fulton County D. Rep. 2353
- 1997 Ga. LEXIS 362
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- adopting standard of proof for admissibility of other acts evidence established under Federal Rule of Evidence 404 (b) by Huddleston v. United States, 485 U. S. 681, 685 (108 SCt 1496, 99 LE2d 771) (1988)
- State is only required to prove the accused committed a similar transaction by a preponderance of the evidence
- standard for admission of similar crimes evidence is preponderance of the evidence
- error must be harmful to be reversible
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Judges: Carley, Benham, Fletcher, Sears
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27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Gissendaner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-05· cited 131×
- Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 73×
- Bishop v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1997-07-16· cited 73×
- Gardner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2001-05-07· cited 61×
- Camphor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2000-05-01· cited 56×
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1997-07-14· cited 44×
- Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-04-03· cited 43×
- Edenfield v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-17· cited 43×
- Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2007-10-09· cited 42×
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 32×
- Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-10-24· cited 19×
- McKee v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2004-01-12· cited 18×
- Dean v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-05-07· cited 14×
- McMahon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-10-25· cited 13×
- Cobb v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-01-24· cited 13×
- Jennings v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-01-09· cited 12×
- Freeman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1997-06-30· cited 12×
- Lloyd v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-12· cited 11×
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2007-07-13· cited 10×
- Dixon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-02· cited 8×
Cites
25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court· 1991-12-04· cited 8,719×
- Bourjaily v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1987-06-23· cited 2,639×
- Huddleston v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1988-05-02· cited 2,215×
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1976-12-01· cited 743×
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1983-12-05· cited 257×
- Devier v. ZantEleventh Circuit· 1993-09-23· cited 116×
- Thornton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1994-10-31· cited 86×
- Lewis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1943-10-07· cited 80×
- Mobley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-17· cited 74×
- Rower v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1994-06-06· cited 72×
- Burger v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1980-03-14· cited 65×
- Kessel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1976-02-25· cited 54×
- McCoy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1993-02-05· cited 39×
- Chastain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1991-02-14· cited 38×
- Childress v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1996-03-15· cited 37×
- Rector v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-06-06· cited 35×
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1991-09-23· cited 32×
- Wallace v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1980-11-05· cited 19×
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1955-05-09· cited 18×
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