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.

• stating that “the opening statement is of no small significance in that it outlines for the jury what a party intends to show at trial”
• no expectation of privacy in open box on floor of storage area in spouse’s business “to which an undetermined number of persons have access”
• “[T]he trial court has a sound discretion to control the content of the opening statement of either party, particularly with regard to matters of questionable admissibility.”
• “It is not enough to assert that expert analysis might produce evidence helpful to the defense, i.e., to embark on a ‘fishing expedition.’ ”
• “It is not enough to assert that expert analysis might produce evidence helpful to the defense, i.e., to embark on a “fishing expedition.”
• “[T]he trial court has a sound discretion to control the content of the opening statement 18 of either party, particularly with regard to matters of questionable admissibility.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-04-12· cited 167×
• Bright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-17· cited 143×
• Bobo v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-10-29· cited 62×
• Swofford v. Cooper
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-07-31· cited 45×
• O'KELLEY v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-11-03· cited 44×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-09· cited 39×
• Harvey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-27· cited 35×
• Dority v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 33×
• Cherry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-02-04· cited 24×
• Trammel v. Bradberry
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-05-31· cited 24×
• Kennestone Hospital, Inc. v. Hopson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-13· cited 23×
• Albert v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-11-07· cited 19×
• Deal v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-03-15· cited 18×
• State v. Scott
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-10-29· cited 16×
• Jones v. Abel
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-07-16· cited 14×
• Ford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-10-08· cited 14×
• Byers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-06-01· cited 14×
• Frederick v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-05-22· cited 14×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-06-10· cited 14×
• Gilstrap v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-04-24· cited 14×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Rawlings v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 2,425×
• United States v. Salvucci
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 1,879×
• Walter v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-20· cited 793×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-04-25· cited 240×
• Sabel v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-06-30· cited 121×
• Milton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-01-04· cited 63×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-06-10· cited 55×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-12-01· cited 43×
• Knight v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1901-11-06· cited 36×
• Grosslight v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1977-08-09· cited 21×
• American Employers Insurance v. Johns
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1970-09-14· cited 15×
• Poteat v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-06-06· cited 12×
• Boggess v. Aetna Life Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-01-30· cited 11×
• Richards v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1937-09-09· cited 6×
• Ellis v. Ellis
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1971-11-21· cited 5×