McGee 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 improper character testimony did not necessitate a mistrial because the trial judge took adequate curative action
• holding harmless erroneously admitted evidence of defendant’s prior crime due to the overwhelming evidence against him
• holding that improper character testimony did not necessitate a mistrial
• “[a]ny evidence is relevant which logically tends to prove or to disprove a material fact which is at issue in the case”
• statements made to best friend contained sufficient indicia of trustworthiness
• harmless error equates with measurable contribution to verdict

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Stinski v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-01· cited 65×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-07-16· cited 59×
• McKibbins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-10-21· cited 50×
• Ward v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-09-13· cited 44×
• Brady v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-01· cited 43×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-04-03· cited 43×
• Dukes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-06-11· cited 40×
• Azizi v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-02-22· cited 33×
• Pecina v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-22· cited 31×
• Marshall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-28· cited 29×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-28· cited 26×
• Holmes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-05-03· cited 22×
• Stowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-10· cited 18×
• Holmes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-12-16· cited 17×
• Sweeney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-08-13· cited 16×
• Suits v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-23· cited 15×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-02-18· cited 13×
• Norris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-02-09· cited 13×
• Mangum v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-02-24· cited 13×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-09· cited 13×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-12-01· cited 743×
• State v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-10-29· cited 203×
• Stanley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-09-28· cited 118×
• Farley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-30· cited 109×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-03-15· cited 89×
• Roper v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-05-24· cited 78×
• Ward v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-06-11· cited 69×
• Boyd v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-06-22· cited 53×
• Chastain v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-02-14· cited 38×
• Crozier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-01-31· cited 37×
• Jung v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-06-09· cited 27×
• Dix v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-01-21· cited 22×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-03-17· cited 13×
• Posey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-11-07· cited 11×
• Ashley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-11-06· cited 9×