Supreme Court of Georgia· 10/18/1999
McWilliams v. State
Citations
- 521 S.E.2d 824
- 271 Ga. 655
- 99 Fulton County D. Rep. 3822
- 1999 Ga. LEXIS 781
How courts have described this case
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- reversing a conviction where a sister’s testimony about out-of-court statements made by the victim were improperly admitted because no evidence was presented that the sisters had a confidential relationship
- mere fact that victim and witness were sisters was insufficient to establish particular guarantees of trustworthiness
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Judges: Sears, Hunstein
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Myers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 68×
- Givens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2001-05-07· cited 42×
- Bulloch v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-17· cited 40×
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2013-10-21· cited 31×
- Todd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2001-07-16· cited 26×
- Hulme v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2001-03-19· cited 15×
- McWilliams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2006-07-06· cited 10×
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2021-04-19· cited 5×
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Chapel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-16· cited 122×
- Carr v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1997-03-10· cited 82×
- Roper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1993-05-24· cited 78×
- Ward v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1999-09-13· cited 44×
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