Medlock 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 trauma to baby’s body was not consistent with accidental fall
• expert opinion testimony even as to the ultimate issue is admissible where the conclusion is beyond the ken of the average layman
• no error in admitting expert testimony of medical examiner that child’s death was a homicide
• questions to character witness must be in good faith and based on reliable information that can be supported by admissible evidence
• medical examiner properly permitted to express opinion that manner of death was “homicide,” though it would have been error if witness had expressed opinion as to whether homicide was intentional or accidental

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Watson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-11-08· cited 73×
• State v. Jamerson
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1998-03-25· cited 73×
• Ellis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-01-07· cited 55×
• Mangrum v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-15· cited 54×
• Sippio v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-08-05· cited 51×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-02-18· cited 38×
• Pittman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-01· cited 24×
• Alexander v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-12-04· cited 19×
• Treadwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-09-28· cited 19×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-04-29· cited 17×
• Glover v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-06-18· cited 16×
• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-23· cited 15×
• Mitchell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-05-30· cited 14×
• Fisher v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-09-08· cited 14×
• Stroud v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-28· cited 13×
• Willis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-01-14· cited 13×
• Hightower v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-07-14· cited 13×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-01-13· cited 12×
• Baraka v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-06-15· cited 12×
• Medlock v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-10-31· cited 10×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Berger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1935-04-15· cited 4,581×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-05-13· cited 218×
• Maxwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-03-19· cited 89×
• Christenson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-03-15· cited 73×
• Clark v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-02-10· cited 35×
• Hammond v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1923-12-11· cited 31×
• Dover v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-07-03· cited 30×
• State v. Clark
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-07-06· cited 22×
• Nassar v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-05-30· cited 21×
• Christenson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-12-02· cited 21×
• Watson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-01-22· cited 20×
• Hudson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-09-09· cited 18×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-09-19· cited 11×
• Simmons v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-09-12· cited 10×
• Washington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1949-11-08· cited 9×
• Smith v. Forrester
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-05-13· cited 4×