Sims v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• juror statements to each other did not involve extrajudicial information or demonstrate they were deliberating or attempting to persuade each other
• juror statements to each other did not involve extrajudicial information or demonstrate they were deliberating or attempting to persuade each other
• objection based on violation of OCGA § 17-8-57 “is not reached on appeal unless a timely objection and/or motion for mistrial is made”
• “Our inquiry . . . must be directed to whether this [jury irregularity] is so inherently prejudicial as to require a new trial, or whether it is an immaterial irregularity without opportunity for injury.”
• juror statements to each other did not involve extrajudicial information or demonstrate that they were deliberating or attempting to persuade each other
• “Our inquiry . . . must be directed to whether this [jury irregularity] is so inherently prejudicial as to require a new trial, or whether it is an immaterial irregularity without opportunity for injury.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Dixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-12-11· cited 191×
• Holcomb v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-05-12· cited 95×
• Patel v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-09-24· cited 61×
• Simmons v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 52×
• Isaac v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-10-05· cited 44×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-01-19· cited 39×
• Sedlak v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-15· cited 37×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-05-12· cited 33×
• State v. Clements
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-09-12· cited 28×
• Pickren v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-05-30· cited 27×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-04-14· cited 27×
• Steele v. Atlanta Maternal-Fetal Medicine, P.C.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-01-24· cited 21×
• Dumas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-07-16· cited 21×
• Lewandowski v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-04-14· cited 20×
• Stowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-10· cited 18×
• Chambers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-29· cited 18×
• Huff v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-06-09· cited 17×
• Garland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-14· cited 15×
• Gonzalez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-06-30· cited 14×
• Turtle v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-09-13· cited 13×

Cites

14 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×
• Driggers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-09-07· cited 126×
• Ladson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-11-13· cited 70×
• Gaither v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-05-20· cited 56×
• Bobo v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-03-15· cited 43×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1962-07-09· cited 43×
• Lockridge v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-11-15· cited 30×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-01-05· cited 25×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-03-16· cited 19×
• Payne v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-02-09· cited 17×
• Allen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-05-25· cited 10×
• Boles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-10-25· cited 10×
• Butts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-01-23· cited 10×