Odom v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding “absolutely nothing wrong with expert opinion testimony that. . . ‘the victim’s psychological evaluation was consistent with sexual abuse’ ”
• witness testimony that a victim’s behavior was consistent with allegations of sexual abuse does not constitute impermissible bolstering
• expert opinion testimony that directly addresses the child’s credibility is inadmissible, but the fact that such testimony indirectly though necessarily involves the child’s credibility does not render it inadmissible
• “[T]here is absolutely nothing wrong with expert opinion testimony that bolsters the credibility of the indicted allegations of sexual abuse, e.g.,... the victim’s psychological evaluation was consistent with sexual abuse.”
• “[T]here is absolutely nothing wrong with expert opinion testimony that bolster’s the credibility of the indicted allegations of sexual abuse, e.g., . . . the victim’s psychological evaluation was consistent with sexual abuse.”
• witnesses may testify about behavior consistent with allegations of sexual abuse

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Mann v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-10-17· cited 42×
• Westbrooks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-04-21· cited 36×
• Gray v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-19· cited 35×
• Dority v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 33×
• Hunt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-07-16· cited 31×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-28· cited 31×
• Summage v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-03-12· cited 24×
• Fiek v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-03-24· cited 22×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-02-01· cited 22×
• Howell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-02-08· cited 22×
• Al-Attawy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-01-25· cited 22×
• Bruce v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-07-09· cited 21×
• Frazier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-04-07· cited 20×
• Pearce v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-11-05· cited 19×
• Freeman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-01· cited 19×
• Brownlow v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-01-08· cited 18×
• Morris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-07-02· cited 17×
• Gilmer v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-11-18· cited 16×
• Mullis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-06-25· cited 14×
• Roebuck v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-16· cited 14×

Cites

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

• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-12-01· cited 743×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-03-16· cited 146×
• Allison v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-03-17· cited 123×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-11-12· cited 68×
• State v. Butler
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-10-29· cited 64×
• Strickland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-12-04· cited 62×
• Barlow v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-14· cited 42×
• Ivester v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-03-07· cited 37×
• Stamey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-01-05· cited 34×
• Garcia v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-03-08· cited 31×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-10-05· cited 27×
• Lagana v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-11-29· cited 24×
• Cline v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-01-13· cited 24×
• Weems v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-09-22· cited 22×
• Putnam v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-03-13· cited 22×
• Hilliard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-05-15· cited 20×
• Flowers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-02-20· cited 19×
• Hall v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-10-24· cited 19×
• Randall v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-02-25· cited 16×
• Hicks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-07-11· cited 15×