Henderson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• prohibiting question about whether a juror’s family had ever worked for law enforcement was not harmless error when critical witnesses to prove the State’s case against defendant were law enforcement personnel.
• prohibiting question about whether a juror's family had ever worked for law enforcement was not harmless error when critical witnesses to prove the State's case against defendant were law enforcement personnel.
• “Questions seeking to test the prospective jurors’ willingness to accept defenses have been disallowed and upheld on appeal.”
• \[q]uestions seeking to test the prospective jurors' willingness to accept defenses have been disallowed and upheld on appeal\
• “the larger purpose” of voir dire “is to enable counsel to identify those prospective jurors counsel desires to remove from the panel by use of peremptory strikes as opposed to challenges for cause”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Spivey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-07-02· cited 163×
• Gissendaner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-05· cited 131×
• Devier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-11-29· cited 86×
• Alderman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-02-28· cited 69×
• Ellington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-11-19· cited 61×
• Terrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 60×
• State v. Wooten
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-03-02· cited 42×
• Ward v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-09-28· cited 31×
• Napier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-06-02· cited 28×
• Spraggins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-02-18· cited 25×
• Beck v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-03-04· cited 23×
• Reddick v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-11-18· cited 22×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-03-14· cited 19×
• Roland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-04-08· cited 18×
• Legare v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-10-07· cited 18×
• Ridgeway v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-04-30· cited 16×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-07-12· cited 14×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-07-18· cited 12×
• Mitchell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-09-13· cited 12×
• Winfrey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-06-20· cited 12×

Cites

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

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-12-01· cited 743×
• Ham v. South Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-17· cited 622×
• Bethay v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-10-21· cited 171×
• Waters v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-10-08· cited 163×
• McNeal v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1972-02-11· cited 94×
• Roach v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1966-02-02· cited 81×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-03-15· cited 75×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1965-05-06· cited 67×
• Stack v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-03-18· cited 62×
• Mills v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-01-19· cited 56×
• Montos v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1956-12-05· cited 49×
• Bradham v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-04-24· cited 49×
• Curtis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1968-12-05· cited 47×
• State v. Hightower
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-01-06· cited 44×
• Pinion v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1969-01-09· cited 43×
• Carpenter v. Forshee
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1961-05-31· cited 38×
• Patrick v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-01-24· cited 37×
• Frazier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-05-14· cited 35×