Putnam v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• expert opinion testimony as to whether victim is telling the truth invades the province of the jury and is improper
• “[I]n no circumstance may a witness’s credibility be bolstered by the opinion of another, even an expert, as to whether the witness is telling the truth.”
• victim’s testimony alone sufficient to sustain a conviction under OCGA § 16-6-4
• testimony pertaining to veracity of victim ruled improper

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Odom v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-15· cited 62×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-08· cited 41×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-11-08· cited 40×
• Gosnell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-01-09· cited 36×
• Sanchez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-10-20· cited 17×
• Hutchinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-09-05· cited 16×
• Redman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-08-29· cited 14×
• Hubert v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-26· cited 12×
• Birkbeck v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-06-18· cited 11×
• Godbey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-12-02· cited 10×
• Petty v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-06· cited 10×
• Putnam v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-07-13· cited 10×
• Austin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-11-01· cited 6×
• Putnam v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-12-17· cited 4×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-04-21· cited 3×
• Puckett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-06-20· cited 2×
• Heard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-05-29· cited 2×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-05-23· cited 1×
• Donald Heard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-05-29

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• United States v. Atkinson
  Supreme Court· 1936-02-03· cited 1,580×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-03-16· cited 146×
• Allison v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-03-17· cited 123×
• State v. Butler
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-10-29· cited 64×
• Almond v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-09-17· cited 49×
• Roberson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-07-12· cited 43×
• Drug Emporium, Inc. v. Peaks
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-03· cited 40×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-01-17· cited 31×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-07-01· cited 28×
• Sims v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-02-07· cited 25×
• 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×
• Hilliard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-05-15· cited 20×
• Kearney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-09-08· cited 19×
• Boatwright v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-10-10· cited 17×
• Stidem v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-11-05· cited 17×
• Hardy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-08-20· cited 16×
• Remine v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-02-12· cited 14×