Smith v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing revocation of probation when there was no non-hearsay testimony that items had been stolen
• where evidence was non-probative hearsay and otherwise insufficient, trial court abused its discretion in revoking probation
• where evidence was nonprobative hearsay and otherwise insufficient, trial court abused its discretion in revoking probation
• revocation of probation was abuse of discretion where only evidence that air compressor in defendant’s possession had been stolen was officer’s hearsay testimony that victim told him it had been stolen
• “Hearsay evidence has no probative value and is inadmissible in a probation revocation proceeding. Thus, such evidence is incapable of supporting a trial court’s findings whether or not objection was lodged.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-09-03· cited 25×
• Killian v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-01· cited 8×
• Marks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-11-16· cited 7×
• Boatner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-10-19· cited 5×
• Reeves v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-11-04· cited 1×
• Joseph Patrick Wright v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-06-17
• White v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-16
• James Killian v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-01
• James White v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-16

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Young v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-02-04· cited 17×
• Cheatwood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-03-14· cited 13×
• Goodson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-05-24· cited 9×
• Overby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-04-22· cited 7×