Murphy 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 that a trial judge who called a witness a “good detective” and said that through “his good efforts we’re going to find the truth of the matter” improperly “express[ed] a favorable opinion on his abilities and thus bolster[ed] that witness’s credibility”
• holding that a trial judge who called a witness a “good detective” and said that through “his good efforts we’re going to find the truth of the matter” improperly “express [ed] a favorable opinion on his abilities and thus bolster [ed] that witness’s credibility”
• explaining that a violation of OCGA § 17-8-57 is always “plain error,” so that counsel’s failure to object contemporaneously does not preclude appellate review
• holding that a trial judge who called a witness a “good detective” and said that through “his good efforts we’re going to find the truth of the matter” improperly “express[ed] a favorable opinion on his abilities and thus bolster[ed] that witness’s credibility”
• finding plain error under OCGA § 17-8-57 where trial court referred to witness as a “good detective” who used his “best efforts” in the case
• finding plain error under OCGA § 17-8-57 where trial court referred to witness as a “good detective” who used his “best efforts” in the case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Smart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-07-05· cited 86×
• Shank v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-19· cited 63×
• Ellis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-01-07· cited 55×
• Wells v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-05-05· cited 35×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-11-02· cited 25×
• McLean v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-05-11· cited 24×
• Quiller v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-07-15· cited 24×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-18· cited 23×
• Cox v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-08-19· cited 23×
• Rouse v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-17· cited 22×
• Dailey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-29· cited 15×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-01· cited 14×
• Sales v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-02-16· cited 13×
• Robinson v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 11×
• Hill-Blount v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-04-05· cited 9×
• Felton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-09-24· cited 7×
• Scott v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-06-22· cited 6×
• Gregory v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-06-28· cited 4×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-02-28· cited 4×
• Haymer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-08-27· cited 3×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• State v. Gardner
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-02-01· cited 73×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-03-19· cited 34×
• Chumley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-08· cited 31×
• Callaham v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-08-19· cited 22×
• Denny v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-16· cited 16×
• Hubbard v. Hubbard
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-03-29· cited 5×