Supreme Court of Georgia· 6/25/2007
Preston v. State
Citations
- 647 S.E.2d 260
- 282 Ga. 210
- 2007 Fulton County D. Rep. 1985
- 2007 Ga. LEXIS 477
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the interviewing officer’s discussion of the death penalty and life without parole “amounted to no more than an explanation of the seriousness of [the suspect’s] situation”
- interrogating officer’s discussion of death penalty and life without parole and his statement that district attorney based charges brought on a recommendation from police did not amount to hope of benefit
- officer’s discussion about punishment was no more than explanation of the seriousness of defendant’s situation
- in the absence of an explicit promise of a lighter sentence, officer’s discussion of the death penalty and life without parole was not a hope of benefit but an explanation of the seriousness of the defendant’s situation
- “Admonitions to tell the truth will not invalidate a confession.”
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Judges: Benham, Thompson, Divisions, Carley, Hines
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32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State of Iowa v. Scott Robert RobinsonSupreme Court of Iowa· 2015-02-06· cited 99×
- SOSNIAK v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-07· cited 61×
- Keller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2020-04-20· cited 59×
- Mangrum v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-15· cited 54×
- Rivers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2015-01-20· cited 35×
- Price v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2019-03-04· cited 31×
- Foster v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2008-04-14· cited 30×
- Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-23· cited 28×
- Funes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-03· cited 27×
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2007-09-24· cited 25×
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-30· cited 24×
- Stringer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2009-10-05· cited 23×
- Canty v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-01· cited 22×
- Rashid v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2013-01-22· cited 18×
- Rogers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-07· cited 17×
- Dawson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2020-05-04· cited 15×
- Madrigal v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2010-04-19· cited 14×
- Reed v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2019-12-23· cited 13×
- Valentine v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-12-20· cited 7×
- Eason v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-10· cited 6×
Cites
22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1967-12-18· cited 13,304×
- Arizona v. MauroSupreme Court· 1987-06-26· cited 418×
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeffrey Howard VAN POYCK, Defendant-AppellantNinth Circuit· 1996-02-20· cited 182×
- United States v. Kojo Sababu, Jaime Delgado, and Dora GarciaSeventh Circuit· 1989-12-21· cited 181×
- Patterson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1975-02-05· cited 153×
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2001-03-02· cited 87×
- Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-01· cited 87×
- Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-19· cited 75×
- Strickland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-12-04· cited 62×
- Bishop v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1999-07-06· cited 61×
- Mallory v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1999-06-01· cited 48×
- State v. RobertsSupreme Court of Georgia· 2001-03-02· cited 37×
- Anderson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1970-01-08· cited 30×
- Malone v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-02-02· cited 24×
- Bruce v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-05· cited 22×
- Pittman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2004-01-12· cited 22×
- Pattillo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1983-02-03· cited 17×
- Fox v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1977-01-28· cited 16×
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