Phillips v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting video of defendant masturbating which was linked to the crime charged
• noting that the crimes of theft by taking and theft by receiving are so mutually exclusive that the thief and the receiver cannot even be accomplices
• overturning conviction for theft by receiving where defendant admitted taking jewelry in question and pawning it, but defended on the grounds that he was the rightful owner
• overturning conviction for theft by receiving where defendant admitted taking jewelry in question and pawning it, but defended on the grounds that he was the rightful owner
• error in admitting pornography that was not linked to crimes charged was harmless in light of overwhelming evidence against defendant
• evidence insufficient to support obstruction conviction where defendant fled scene before officers told him to halt

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Fair v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-07-14· cited 82×
• New v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-27· cited 52×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-28· cited 32×
• Marriott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-01· cited 28×
• Wallace v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-01-20· cited 22×
• Mays v. Ellis
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-01-05· cited 19×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-06-14· cited 19×
• Pender v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-03-15· cited 19×
• Bryson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-10-20· cited 18×
• Middleton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-07-01· cited 18×
• Massey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-17· cited 15×
• James Manuel Phillips, Jr. v. Warden
  Eleventh Circuit· 2018-10-31· cited 15×
• Reddick v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-06-01· cited 14×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-09· cited 14×
• Obeginski v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-01-13· cited 13×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-04-27· cited 12×
• Smithson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-09-23· cited 11×
• Dixson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-11-23· cited 11×
• Scarborough v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-29· cited 10×
• Cannon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-17· cited 9×

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Horton v. California
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-04· cited 2,923×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-01· cited 827×
• Vansant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-05-31· cited 478×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 71×
• Ross v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-05-14· cited 58×
• O'NEAL v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-02-19· cited 56×
• Ney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-04-29· cited 45×
• Dukes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-06-11· cited 40×
• Chaplin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-03-02· cited 35×
• McBee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-08-06· cited 34×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-09-17· cited 33×
• Sosbee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-07-07· cited 32×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 32×
• Talton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-02-13· cited 30×
• Kennedy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-02-16· cited 29×
• Watkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-12-02· cited 29×
• Lunsford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-04-10· cited 29×
• Frazier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-08· cited 28×
• Jefferson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-10-02· cited 27×