Mason v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• although a conviction based on circumstantial evidence is authorized only if the evidence excludes every other reasonable hypothesis save the defendant’s guilt, it need not exclude every inference or hypothesis, and whether this test has been satisfied is a question for the jury
• although a conviction based on 14 circumstantial evidence is authorized only if the evidence excludes every other reasonable hypothesis save the defendant’s guilt, it need not exclude every inference or hypothesis, and whether this test has been satisfied is a question for the jury

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Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Pardo v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-11-07· cited 42×
• Scapin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-06-29· cited 38×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-11-22· cited 19×
• Waldrop v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-03-12· cited 14×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-06-25· cited 12×
• Lee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-06-24· cited 10×
• Cofield v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-06-04· cited 9×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-03-11· cited 6×
• Barrera-Palamin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-06-26· cited 2×
• Christina Butler v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-04-11
• Pierre K. Riley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-07-21

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Ridley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-02-02· cited 195×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-09-09· cited 71×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-07-09· cited 66×
• Baggett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-01-14· cited 63×
• Mills v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-01-19· cited 56×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-03-14· cited 41×
• Clarington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-04-07· cited 24×
• Doe v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-01-05· cited 23×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-05-31· cited 22×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-01-04· cited 21×
• Pattillo v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-02-03· cited 17×
• Christmas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-04-27· cited 12×