Rivers v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “‘It is important for appellate judges to remember that a defendant is entitled to a fair trial but not a perfect one, for there are no perfect trials.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-09-22· cited 38×
• Henley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-08· cited 17×
• Killings v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-23· cited 7×
• Washington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-10-14· cited 1×
• Bowman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-15· cited 1×
• Cornelius Cupsa v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-07-13
• Demetrius Bowman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-15

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Malcolm v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-11-07· cited 64×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-10-09· cited 55×
• Perkinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-02-05· cited 37×
• Fortson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-04-25· cited 29×
• Cormier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-02-16· cited 16×