Matchett v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that state does not allow juror questioning but reviewing juror's improper question for harmless error
• recognizing that state does not allow juror questioning but reviewing juror's improper question for harmless error
• concluding that while questions directly from a juror to a witness are generally not permitted in Georgia, appellant’s failure to object waived the issue
• concluding that while questions directly from a juror to a witness are generally not permitted in Georgia, appellant’s failure to object waived the issue
• holding that no court shall permit juror questioning during criminal trials
• explaining that “[t]he trial court properly instructed the jury as to the appropriate form of asking questions,” which was “to submit any questions they might wish to have answered to the trial court in writing at the conclusion of the witnesses] testimony’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Fisher
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2003-06-11· cited 213×
• Commonwealth v. Britto
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-30· cited 80×
• Lance v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-25· cited 70×
• State v. Culkin
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2001-12-06· cited 66×
• Allen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 41×
• Medina v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2005-06-27· cited 38×
• Spitzer v. Haims & Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1991-02-26· cited 25×
• Hernandez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-10-17· cited 18×
• Handy v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-10-26· cited 12×
• Hoehn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-03· cited 7×
• Watson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-11-10· cited 6×
• State of Arizona v. Jasper Phillip Rushing
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2017-11-06

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-01-06· cited 169×
• Frazier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-12-01· cited 124×
• Hall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-04-05· cited 79×
• Jolley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-06-19· cited 49×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-01-15· cited 35×
• State v. Williamson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-06-16· cited 28×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-01-13· cited 21×