Gaines v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[M]otions for new trial because of improper conduct of jurors are addressed to the sound discretion of the trial judge.”
• “[W]hether juror misconduct occurred is a question of fact for the trial judge.”
• “[M]otions for new trial because of improper conduct of jurors ... are addressed to the sound discretion of the trial judge. Unless there is an abuse of discretion, the appellate court will not upset the trial judge’s determination.”
• “[M]otions for new trial because of improper conduct of jurors are addressed to the sound discretion of the trial judge. Unless there is an abuse of discretion, the appellate court will not upset the trial judge’s determination.”
• “[M]otions for new trial because of improper conduct of jurors . . . are addressed to the sound discretion of the trial judge. Unless there is an abuse of discretion, the appellate court will not upset the trial judge’s determination.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Chambers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-29· cited 18×
• Woodruff v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-11-03· cited 4×
• Deleon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-02-09· cited 2×
• Shalita Jackson Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-06-30
• Philmon Chambers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-29
• Alberto Eddie Deleon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-02-09

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Watkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-10-05· cited 117×
• Bobo v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-03-15· cited 43×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-01-05· cited 29×
• Goldsby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-06-06· cited 22×
• Joachim v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-02-21· cited 19×
• Satterwhite v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-11-09· cited 6×