McIlwain v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• defendant’s confession along with other evidence sufficient to support murder conviction although victim’s body never found
• “The credibility of a defendant who testifies in his own behalf is for the jury, which may consider his demeanor and conduct on the witness stand.” (emphasis supplied)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Richardson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-05-05· cited 51×
• Woodall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-01-27· cited 32×
• Sawyer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-28· cited 27×
• Foote v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-01-17· cited 23×
• Rogers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-01-23· cited 22×
• Thrift v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-12-07· cited 17×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-02-17· cited 10×
• Hughston Orthopedic Hospital v. Wilson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-10-19· cited 9×
• Deleon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-02-09· cited 2×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-07-09· cited 1×
• Abraham Hardy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-09-19
• Alberto Eddie Deleon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-02-09

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Waller v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-21· cited 2,166×
• Ashcraft v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1944-05-01· cited 693×
• Chancey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-11-13· cited 154×
• Philmore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-04-19· cited 76×
• Salisbury v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1966-01-18· cited 60×
• Waller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-06-01· cited 47×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-05-03· cited 38×
• Cameron v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-07-11· cited 34×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-06-14· cited 27×
• Battle v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-06-24· cited 26×
• Ellis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-10-18· cited 22×
• Brantley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-03-08· cited 13×
• Cunningham v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-04-23· cited 13×
• Troup v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1952-04-15· cited 11×
• Garner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-04-09· cited 9×
• Dillard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-02-13· cited 6×