Jenkins v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• motion to preclude State from seeking death penalty properly denied when movant did not prove grounds on which motion was based
• “[P]romissory estoppel is not a cognizable cause of action in the Commonwealth, and we decline to create such a cause of action.”
• even if voir dire allowed a prospective juror to prejudge the case, the error was “harmless because the State used one of its peremptory challenges to remove this juror”
• even if voir dire allowed a prospective juror to prejudge the case, the error was “harmless because the State used one of its peremptory challenges to remove this juror”
• criminal history of family member sufficiently race-neutral reason
• criminal history of family member sufficiently race-neutral reason

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Warren Lee Hill, Jr. v. Carl Humphrey
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-11-22· cited 208×
• Head v. Hill
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-10-06· cited 133×
• Gissendaner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-05· cited 131×
• Ledford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-25· cited 99×
• Humphreys v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-15· cited 98×
• Braithwaite v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 95×
• Whatley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-12-04· cited 92×
• Arrington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-09· cited 91×
• Pye v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-21· cited 91×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-07-06· cited 90×
• Butts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-04-30· cited 90×
• Morrow v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-06-12· cited 90×
• Fults v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-06-11· cited 89×
• Pace v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-12-03· cited 86×
• King v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-30· cited 81×
• Heidler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-02· cited 77×
• Cook v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-19· cited 75×
• Palmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-06-01· cited 74×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 73×
• Carruthers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-03-06· cited 73×

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Giglio v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-24· cited 7,003×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Addington v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-30· cited 3,004×
• Penry v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,957×
• Woodson v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,907×
• J. E. B. v. Alabama ex rel. T. B.
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-19· cited 1,420×
• JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TB
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-19· cited 1,335×
• Simmons v. South Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-17· cited 1,326×
• Medina v. California
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-22· cited 1,180×
• Leland v. Oregon
  Supreme Court· 1952-10-13· cited 1,010×
• Cooper v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1996-04-23· cited 861×
• State v. Smith
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1994-10-03· cited 326×
• Isaacs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-11-30· cited 201×
• Earnest v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-10-30· cited 182×
• McClain v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-11-12· cited 179×