Merritt v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing conviction for tampering with evidence in the defendant’s own case where the evidence of intent to frustrate that prosecution was insufficient
• “OCGA § 16-10-94 (a) clearly states that intent is a necessary element of the crime. . . .”
• “[The circumstantial evidence] need not exclude every conceivable inference or hypothesis — only those that are reasonable.”
• “[The circumstantial evidence] need not exclude every conceivable inference or hypothesis – only those that are reasonable.”
• mere repositioning of victim’s body insufficient to show perpetrator intended to frustrate his apprehension or obstruct the prosecution
• “[The circumstantial evidence] need not exclude every conceivable inference or hypothesis — only those that are reasonable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-28· cited 85×
• Haley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-07-08· cited 42×
• Burgess v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-04-29· cited 38×
• Graves v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-08-05· cited 36×
• Akhimie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-09-14· cited 30×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-07-05· cited 28×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-09-10· cited 24×
• Willis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-10-25· cited 23×
• Blevins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-29· cited 22×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-12-20· cited 22×
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-02-16· cited 21×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-08-30· cited 17×
• Gibson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-02-06· cited 17×
• Crowder v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-11-18· cited 16×
• Black v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-02· cited 15×
• Daniels v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-11-16· cited 13×
• BUTLER v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-03-01· cited 13×
• Bates v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-12-19· cited 13×
• Shellman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-01-17· cited 12×
• Outler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-04-29· cited 9×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Malcolm v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-09-09· cited 71×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-10-18· cited 51×
• State v. Chestnut
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1982-07-20· cited 43×
• Bryant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-10-09· cited 42×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-05-03· cited 38×
• Phillips v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-02-16· cited 17×
• Lindsey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-10-18· cited 13×
• Berryhill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-03-27· cited 10×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-03-26· cited 9×