Morgan v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that counsel are afforded wide latitude in their mode of speech in closing arguments and that trial courts have discretion in limiting closing arguments
• closing argument is appropriate as long as it is derived from evidence properly before the factfinder
• closing argument is appropriate as long as it is derived from evidence properly before the factfinder
• closing “argument must be derived from evidence properly before the factfinder”
• closing “argument must be derived from evidence properly before the fact-finder”
• deductions made during closing argument may even be absurd as long as the argument does not introduce facts not in evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Barnes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-03-02· cited 180×
• Vergara v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-02-25· cited 124×
• Ledford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-25· cited 99×
• Braithwaite v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 95×
• Whatley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-12-04· cited 92×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-01· cited 87×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-09-15· cited 69×
• Wyatt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-04-28· cited 63×
• Ellington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-11-19· cited 61×
• Huff v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-07-16· cited 60×
• Laney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-05-17· cited 55×
• Busch v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 51×
• Spear v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-08· cited 50×
• Bridges v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-11-24· cited 49×
• Terrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 47×
• Barrett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 45×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-20· cited 44×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-11-03· cited 42×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-02-26· cited 37×
• Slakman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-13· cited 35×

Cites

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

• Wilson v. Zant
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-04-21· cited 132×
• Shirley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-04-09· cited 89×
• James v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1967-10-09· cited 53×
• Owens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-05-11· cited 48×
• Mills v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1909-08-11· cited 39×
• Rini v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-04-06· cited 37×
• Smalls v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1898-10-13· cited 36×
• Gober v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-01-16· cited 22×
• Morgan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1905-12-21· cited 20×
• Contreras v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-10-17· cited 19×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-07-06· cited 18×
• Blige v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-06-28· cited 18×
• Walker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-04-04· cited 18×
• Sokolic v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1972-03-09· cited 17×
• Radford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-05-12· cited 14×
• Braggs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-10-14· cited 11×
• Pritchard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-10-20· cited 9×
• Roper v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-06-01· cited 9×
• Towns v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-04-03· cited 8×
• Lucear v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1965-12-06· cited 8×