Heard 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 trial court did not err in denying defendant’s motion for severance when verdict, including acquittal for some charges, showed the jury understood law and evidence
• holding that the absence of the appellant’s mother “was a factor for the trial court to consider, but it was not determinative on the issue of voluntariness” of his Miranda waiver
• holding that deciding which witnesses to call is a strategic decision
• noting that “the concept of immediate presence is broadly construed if the object taken was under the victim’s control or responsibility and the victim is not too distant”
• finding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellant’s motion for severance, noting that “the verdict itself, including [appellant’s] acquittal for some of the charges, shows that the jury fully understood the law and evidence”
• finding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellant’s motion for severance, noting that “the verdict itself, including [appellant’s] acquittal for some of the charges, shows that the jury fully understood the law and evidence”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-06-25· cited 70×
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-06-25· cited 33×
• The State v. Crist
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-05-18· cited 26×
• Benton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 25×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-30· cited 23×
• Hines v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-27· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Rushing
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-06-28· cited 20×
• Algren v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-11-19· cited 18×
• Griffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-01-22· cited 15×
• Carson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-05-18· cited 15×
• Whaley v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-05-04· cited 14×
• Mathis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-10-21· cited 14×
• Lester v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-05· cited 14×
• McMichael v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-09-09· cited 9×
• Cupe v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-06-19· cited 8×
• Love v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-09-28· cited 8×
• McCullum v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-03-05· cited 7×
• Heck v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-01-13· cited 3×
• Hicks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-07· cited 3×
• Simmons v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-03· cited 1×

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Jackson v. Denno
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 6,121×
• State v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2006-11-07· cited 170×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-04-28· cited 131×
• Reid v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-02-08· cited 64×
• Dewberry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 53×
• Rodgers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-06-15· cited 49×
• Bridges v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 46×
• Stewart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-22· cited 42×
• Livingston v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-22· cited 36×
• Simmons v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-06-04· cited 33×
• Prins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-09-14· cited 25×
• Guyton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-26· cited 25×
• Norris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-09-24· cited 21×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-09-22· cited 20×
• Kollie v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-11-19· cited 19×
• Edwards v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-06-04· cited 18×
• Stephens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-09-08· cited 17×