Owens 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 convictions based on trial court’s limiting cross-examination of State’s witnesses regarding pending criminal charges against them and improper jury communication
• reversing convictions based on trial court's limiting cross-examination of State's witnesses regarding pending criminal charges against them and improper jury communication
• reversing convictions where a non-jury-member entered the jury room and explained to jurors possible verdicts and sentences
• reversing convictions where a non-jury member entered the jury room and explained to jurors possible verdicts and sentences
• a witness’ belief as to his potential sentence in a pending criminal charge against him is relevant evidence of his motives in testifying
• a witness' belief as to his potential sentence in a pending criminal charge against him is relevant evidence of his motives in testifying

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-12-05· cited 257×
• Romine v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-12-02· cited 135×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-03-11· cited 86×
• Ford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-10-29· cited 85×
• State v. Vogleson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-28· cited 71×
• Strickland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-06-24· cited 52×
• Jolley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-06-19· cited 49×
• Isaac v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-10-05· cited 44×
• Fugitt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-09-23· cited 44×
• Haley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-07-08· cited 42×
• Watkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-05-19· cited 41×
• Byrd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-09-11· cited 37×
• Beam v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-11-13· cited 32×
• Lumpkin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-01-17· cited 29×
• Kennedy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-07-02· cited 28×
• Harrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-10-07· cited 27×
• Eady v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-03-20· cited 26×
• Moclaire v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-11-17· cited 26×
• Baptiste v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-01-30· cited 23×
• Lynott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-02-06· cited 22×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Bruton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 8,792×
• Giglio v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-24· cited 7,003×
• Davis v. Alaska
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
• Dutton v. Evans
  Supreme Court· 1970-12-15· cited 1,926×
• Cain v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-12· cited 220×
• Hines v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-04-07· cited 153×
• Mooney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-03-15· cited 148×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-10-17· cited 128×
• Shaw v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1889-05-20· cited 67×
• Anglin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-07-02· cited 36×
• Barrow v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-06-07· cited 36×
• Murphy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-11-05· cited 25×
• Price v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-09-24· cited 22×
• Reeves v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-06-08· cited 21×
• Baxter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-02-21· cited 18×
• Hudson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-10-20· cited 18×
• Hines v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-11-03· cited 5×