Moon 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 based on admission of bad character evidence of brandishing a weapon rather than merely possessing a weapon
• testimony that defendant had a reputation for carrying and shooting a gun impermissibly placed defendant’s character in issue
• “[t]he trial court thus erred in denying defendant’s motion or in failing, at least, to instruct the jury to disregard the testimony”
• witness’s testimony that defendant not only had a reputation for carrying a gun but also for shooting the gun placed the defendant’s general character in issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Henderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-05· cited 13×
• Pate v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-03-27· cited 9×
• Lee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-24· cited 7×
• Seibert v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-22· cited 5×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McCoy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-04-03· cited 17×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-09-24· cited 14×
• Martin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-06-03· cited 11×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-09-26· cited 4×
• Johns v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-10-26· cited 2×