Simmons v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that OCGA § 17-8- 11 57 “‘is violated only when the trial court’s instruction, considered as a whole, assumes certain things as facts and intimates to the jury what the judge believes the evidence to be’” (citation omitted)
• explaining that “[wjhether the evidence excluded every other reasonable hypothesis but that of guilt is a question for the jury” and an appellate court “will not disturb the jury’s verdict unless it is insupportable as a matter of law” (citation omitted)
• placing the burden on the State to show its opening remarks were made in good faith
• explaining that OCGA § 17-8-57 “ ‘is violated only when the trial court’s instruction, considered as a whole, assumes certain things as facts and intimates to the jury what the judge believes the evidence to be’ ” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• explaining that “[w]hether the evidence excluded every other reasonable hypothesis but that of guilt is a question for the jury” and an appellate court “will not disturb the jury’s verdict unless it is insupportable as a matter of law” (citation omitted)
• addressing photographs taken during the use of medical instruments such as forceps

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Martinez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-21· cited 79×
• Merritt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-01-22· cited 53×
• Atkinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-06-19· cited 43×
• Wainwright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-04· cited 32×
• Washington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-02-24· cited 31×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-02-02· cited 30×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-11-21· cited 25×
• Rouse v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-17· cited 22×
• Maurer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-21· cited 18×
• Dubose v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-02-24· cited 15×
• McKinney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-02-27· cited 10×
• Jones v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-11-19· cited 9×
• Dixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-11-04· cited 9×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-06-24· cited 9×
• Maynor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-10-11· cited 9×
• Walton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-09-23· cited 8×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-01-21· cited 7×
• Harper v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-02-06· cited 7×
• Scott v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-06-22· cited 6×
• Dodd v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-19· cited 6×

Cites

22 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×
• State v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-07· cited 546×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 421×
• Reed v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-04-24· cited 108×
• Sims v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-03-15· cited 64×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-04-19· cited 63×
• Collum v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-03-19· cited 58×
• Jordan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-01-21· cited 56×
• Guajardo v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-21· cited 47×
• Forney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-01-07· cited 37×
• Parker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-05-19· cited 36×
• Mikell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-15· cited 34×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-23· cited 33×
• Banks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-03-19· cited 32×
• Farris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-01-09· cited 29×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-09-20· cited 27×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-04-18· cited 23×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-01-23· cited 21×
• Cross v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-09-13· cited 20×