Jones 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 the trial court’s instruction that the attorney’s arguments were not evidence was inadequate to ensure that the jurors did not consider the prejudicial material mentioned by the prosecutor during his closing argument
• finding that general instruction about arguments not being evidence was an inadequate cure for prosecutor's improper argument where evidence was not overwhelming
• finding that general instruction about arguments not being evidence was an inadequate cure for prosecutor’s improper argument where evidence was not overwhelming
• holding that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the defendant’s convictions as a party to the crime where he did not fire the shot that struck the victim but where he and his companions went to a crowded pool and engaged in a shootout in which a bystander was shot
• listing the evidence necessary to prove a violation of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act
• finding error because defense counsel “responded that [the generic] instruction [given by the trial court] was insufficient and specifically requested an instruction that the jury disregard the” improper statement made by the prosecutor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Anglin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-16· cited 118×
• Stripling v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-06-29· cited 66×
• Strong v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-06-29· cited 51×
• McKibbins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-10-21· cited 50×
• Morris v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-02-21· cited 44×
• ANTHONY v. THE STATE (Three Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-05· cited 44×
• Anthony v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-05· cited 43×
• Blackwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-01-29· cited 39×
• United States v. Roosevelt Coats, III
  Eleventh Circuit· 2021-08-12· cited 32×
• Hayes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-01-19· cited 30×
• Coe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-17· cited 24×
• Cash v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-10-19· cited 22×
• Lowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-16· cited 21×
• Walter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-12-10· cited 21×
• Downey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-03-07· cited 19×
• Merritt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-06-21· cited 19×
• Calloway v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-02-05· cited 18×
• Nolley v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-02-18· cited 17×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-09-03· cited 16×
• Black v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-02· cited 15×

Cites

28 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×
• Illinois v. Gates
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-08· cited 16,716×
• Burgeson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-09-09· cited 126×
• Pruitt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-05-14· cited 124×
• State v. Palmer
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-23· cited 106×
• Arrington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-09· cited 91×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-01-12· cited 83×
• Bryant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-18· cited 70×
• Eckman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-06-11· cited 62×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-01-08· cited 60×
• Jenkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-11-17· cited 54×
• Jordan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-05-08· cited 46×
• Hoffler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-04· cited 41×
• Walker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-01-22· cited 40×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-09-17· cited 33×
• Hendricks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-29· cited 25×
• Glenn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-01-24· cited 23×
• Herrera v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-01· cited 20×
• Alexander v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-12-04· cited 19×
• Glenn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-04-26· cited 17×