Melancon v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that, for purposes of determining the constitutional sufficiency of evidence to support a conviction, “inferences require some basis in evidence” and that evidence amounting to “speculation, not inference,” is insufficient to support a conviction
• explaining that, for purposes of determining the constitutional sufficiency of evidence to support a conviction, “inferences require some basis in evidence” and that evidence amounting to “speculation, not inference,” is insufficient to support a conviction
• reviewing conclusion that evidence was sufficient to support conviction, but not conclusion that trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Holloway v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-01-28· cited 7×
• TITSHAW v. GEER
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-10-22· cited 6×
• Chambers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-01-28· cited 4×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-05-06· cited 1×
• Sidrick Raymone Melancon, Sr. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-06-23
• Adams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-07-01
• Bryant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-05-05

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• State v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-28· cited 177×
• Durden v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-11-16· cited 129×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-23· cited 55×
• Hood v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-05· cited 44×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-02-07· cited 44×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-02-08· cited 39×
• Perkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-05-17· cited 35×
• State v. Crane
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-07-07· cited 33×
• Skaggs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-05-03· cited 29×
• Stafford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-11-02· cited 28×
• Miller v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-02-22· cited 27×
• Eubanks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-10-24· cited 24×
• JOHNSON v. AVIS RENT a CAR SYSTEM, LLC (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-05-03· cited 21×
• Larkin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-05-14· cited 17×
• Calhoun v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-28· cited 17×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-10-02· cited 15×
• James v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-03-01· cited 15×
• McGrath v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-01· cited 15×
• Chaney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-01-08· cited 14×