Gresham 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 that failure to exercise discretion based on mistaken belief that no discretion exists can constitute abuse of discretion
• holding an abuse of discretion occurred when the court failed to exercise discretion as to admission of evidence based on an erroneous finding that a non-applicable statute prohibited said admission
• conviction reversed where application of rape shield statute in child molestation case precluded admission of any evidence of child’s prior sexual history
• “[I]n order for an error to be grounds for reversal, the appellant must show not only error but ensuing harm.” (punctuation omitted)
• “On appeal from a criminal conviction, the evidence must be construed in a light most favorable to the verdict, and [the defendant] no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence.” (punctuation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cawthon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-21· cited 26×
• Hollie v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-15· cited 19×
• Krirat v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-07-06· cited 15×
• Cantu v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-06-28· cited 10×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-18· cited 7×
• Brookins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-10-04· cited 5×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-03· cited 3×
• Willie Frank Wright, Jr. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-03-08
• Kristopher Lee Cawthon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-21
• Ronald Page v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-06-25

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sanabria v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 1,038×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-12-01· cited 743×
• Whisnant v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-04-14· cited 84×
• Abdulkadir v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-03-07· cited 60×
• Felder v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-04-15· cited 29×
• Helmeci v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-03-02· cited 29×
• Snelling v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-11-18· cited 27×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-10-17· cited 23×
• Miller v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-11-29· cited 21×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-07-28· cited 16×
• Warren v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-01-08· cited 14×
• Burnette v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-03-14· cited 13×
• Cash v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1963-11-14· cited 7×
• Devore v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-08-08· cited 7×