Mathis v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• no error where trial court, among other things, instructed defense counsel to stop “testifying”
• “[W]e review the commentary to determine whether it amounted to an obvious violation . . . , meaning that it seriously affected the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of these judicial proceedings.”
• no error where trial court rebuked counsel and curtailed closing argument because “[w]hen counsel makes prejudicial misstatements to the jury concerning matters not in evidence, the trial court has an affirmative duty to interpose and prevent the misstatements”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Green v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-18· cited 33×
• Adams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-27· cited 19×
• Muskett v. Sketchley Cleaners, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-04-17· cited 9×
• Adams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-11-15· cited 9×
• Meeker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-10-24· cited 8×
• Jarnigan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-02· cited 5×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-03· cited 3×
• Brandon Rogers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-10-19

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Crowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-26· cited 133×
• Paul v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-02· cited 83×
• Raheem v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-03-11· cited 46×
• Hufstetler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-05· cited 18×
• Creed v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-04-17· cited 15×
• Lockaby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-02-11· cited 14×
• Bixby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-03-12· cited 9×
• Lassic v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-11-22· cited 5×
• Milner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-10-14· cited 5×