Fugate v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding no reversible error in trial court’s failure to excuse a potential juror who was number sixty on the qualified panel
• “The mere fact that by parsing the record one may discover that the prosecutor ‘got by’ with asking a few arguably leading questions on direct examination hardly supports a claim of prosecutorial misconduct.”
• “[T]he trial court has the discretion to allow leading questions on direct examination, where, for example, the witness is nervous, or ignorant, or hostile. It would be a rare case in which the trial court’s exercise of discretion on this issue would warrant reversal.” (Citation omitted)
• “Leading questions generally are allowed only on cross-examination.”
• “Leading questions generally are allowed only on cross-examination.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. LaValle
  New York Court of Appeals· 2004-06-24· cited 185×
• Fugate v. Head
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-08-16· cited 133×
• Gissendaner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-05· cited 131×
• Newland v. Hall
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-05-14· cited 123×
• Capano v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-08-10· cited 115×
• Wellons v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-11-20· cited 105×
• Pye v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-21· cited 91×
• Burgess v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-12-05· cited 89×
• Heidler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-02· cited 77×
• Hayes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-12-03· cited 65×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-03-10· cited 60×
• Sallie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-03-24· cited 58×
• Mency v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-10-01· cited 50×
• Rhode v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-01· cited 49×
• Martin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-11-02· cited 49×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-09-23· cited 46×
• O'KELLEY v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-11-03· cited 44×
• Gardiner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-06-13· cited 30×
• Menefee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-06-19· cited 29×
• Walker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-02· cited 25×

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Mills v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-06· cited 1,392×
• McKoy v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1990-03-05· cited 1,045×
• Pope v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-07-16· cited 182×
• Earnest v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-10-30· cited 182×
• Waters v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-10-08· cited 163×
• Childs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-06-18· cited 149×
• Conner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-05-24· cited 147×
• Romine v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-12-02· cited 135×
• Mincey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-07-07· cited 110×
• Todd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-27· cited 108×
• Spencer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-11-21· cited 100×
• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-10-27· cited 100×
• Ross v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-02-08· cited 95×
• Ford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-09-24· cited 90×
• Tharpe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-03-17· cited 88×
• Blankenship v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-05-06· cited 80×
• Lynd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-02-27· cited 75×
• Alderman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-02-28· cited 69×
• Potts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-06· cited 57×