Hancock v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that purportedly improper character evidence may be deemed harmless where it was cumulative of other evidence before the jury
• holding that testimony from the State’s expert witness about “prior incidents of violence reportedly committed by [the] appellant” was harmless “in light of the extensive testimony by defense experts discussing [the] appellant’s past violent acts”
• a defendant cannot complain on appeal of an error or ruling which his own conduct procured or aided in causing
• purportedly improper character evidence held harmless because cumulative of other evidence before jury
• admission of purportedly improper character evidence harmless because cumulative of other legally admissible evidence
• party cannot complain of ruling his own conduct aided in causing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-09-24· cited 23×
• Appling v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-05· cited 18×
• Cane v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-09· cited 9×
• Blackwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-05-23· cited 9×
• Morita v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-11-08· cited 8×
• Relaford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-10-22· cited 8×
• Foster v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-08-19· cited 8×
• Washington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-02-18· cited 8×
• Wallace v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-09-16· cited 7×
• Sosebee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-12-14· cited 3×
• Roop v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-03-28· cited 3×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Coy v. Iowa
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-29· cited 1,295×
• Hanifa v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-21· cited 157×
• Holsey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-12-02· cited 56×
• Blankenship v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-02-19· cited 55×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-25· cited 46×
• Finney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-09-13· cited 42×
• Childress v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-03-15· cited 37×
• Payne v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-01-08· cited 18×
• Tolbert v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-11-08· cited 12×
• Prophitt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-06-17· cited 11×
• Malone v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-12-20· cited 11×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-03-17· cited 10×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-01-08· cited 10×