Maggard v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• similar transaction evidence not admissible to show “a probability that the defendant committed the crime on trial because he is a man of criminal character”
• similar transaction evidence not admissible to show \a probability that the defendant committed the crime on trial because he is a man of criminal character\
• “If for example, the evidence is being presented to prove the identity of the perpetrator offense charged, a long list of similarities between or among the crimes might be necessary to show that the crime bears the defendant’s ‘criminal signature’”(Emphasis in original.)
• evidence defendant committed prior manslaughter admissible in murder trial
• evidence defendant committed prior manslaughter admissible in murder trial
• “If, for example, the evidence is being presented to prove the identity of the perpetrator of the offense charged, a long list of similarities between or among the crimes might be necessary to show that the crime on trial bears the defendant’s ‘criminal signature’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Stephens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-07-03· cited 157×
• Bright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-17· cited 143×
• Farley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-30· cited 109×
• Raulerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-10-06· cited 93×
• Mullins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-03-02· cited 72×
• Bellamy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-03-06· cited 47×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-04-03· cited 43×
• Milton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-05-27· cited 36×
• Faison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-03-14· cited 33×
• Rehberger v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-12-18· cited 30×
• King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-01-22· cited 30×
• Higginbotham v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-02-22· cited 28×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-06-28· cited 26×
• Perkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-07-05· cited 25×
• White v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-17· cited 24×
• Roberts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-12-03· cited 19×
• Daniel v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-02-13· cited 19×
• Burnham v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-02-13· cited 18×
• Guild v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-10-26· cited 17×
• Maynard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-29· cited 17×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Lego v. Twomey
  Supreme Court· 1972-01-12· cited 1,930×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-12-05· cited 257×
• Durden v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-11-16· cited 129×
• High v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-10-25· cited 100×
• Mullinax v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-02-18· cited 36×
• State v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-05-28· cited 21×