Richardson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• refusing to rule on Confrontation Clause violation where record was unclear, and ordering new trial on other grounds
• noting that “[c]ourts of last resort must frequently construe the language of a statute, but such courts may not substitute by judicial interpretation language of their own for the clear, unambiguous language of the statute, so as to change the meaning” (punctuation omitted)
• considering a victim’s “relationship with an ex-boyfriend and whether the desire to reestablish that relationship was a motive to make a false claim of rape” against the defendant
• “Evidence merely that the victim has or had a romantic relationship with another man does not reflect on her character for sexual behavior.”
• evidence that the victim merely has or had a romantic relationship with another man does not reflect on her character for sexual behavior
• where proffered evidence went to victim's motive to lie to protect non-sexual relationship with her boyfriend, without reference to a sexual relationship

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State of Arizona v. Johnathan Ian Burns
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2015-03-10· cited 88×
• Monumedia II, LLC v. Georgia Department of Transportation
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-10-04· cited 35×
• In re Whittle
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-10-26· cited 28×
• Howard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-23· cited 27×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-11-19· cited 20×
• Mooney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-03-25· cited 15×
• Atkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-08-20· cited 13×
• Rayner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-02-15· cited 9×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-10-09· cited 8×
• Gary v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-07-15· cited 7×
• Atkins v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-06-30· cited 7×
• Abdulkadir v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-12-05· cited 6×
• People v. Owens
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2007-05-17· cited 6×
• Zepp v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-11-18· cited 5×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-02-24· cited 5×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-08-30· cited 3×
• Gaines v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-06-04· cited 2×
• Ivey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-11-26· cited 1×
• McGill v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-01-25
• State v. Lavalleur
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2014-09-19

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Delaware v. Van Arsdall
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-07· cited 7,102×
• Coy v. Iowa
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-29· cited 1,295×
• Olden v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1988-12-12· cited 592×
• Hines v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-04-07· cited 153×
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-12-05· cited 42×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-11-24· cited 39×
• Ortiz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-09-07· cited 36×
• Hudson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-13· cited 35×
• Villafranco v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-02-16· cited 33×
• Arnold v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-07-09· cited 30×
• Banks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-02-16· cited 25×
• Alford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-28· cited 22×
• Waller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1957-06-10· cited 18×
• Burley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-01-05· cited 16×
• George v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-06-19· cited 8×
• Richardson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-09-16· cited 7×
• State v. Adderly
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-10-31· cited 5×