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.

• recognizing trial court’s discretion and finding it did not clearly err
• evidence defendant previously attacked estranged wife admissible to show intent and disprove defense of accident
• sua sponte charge on voluntary intoxication was proper in light of evidence that defendant drank three heers
• where defendant claimed that he accidentally lit his girlfriend on fire while she slept, evidence admissible that defendant previously attacked and cut his estranged wife with a machete to show intent and disprove defense of accident
• “the trial court retains the sound legal discretion to exclude relevant similar crimes evidence on the ground that its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice”
• “[W]here intent may be easily inferred from the commission of the act itself, the probative value of similar transaction evidence proffered to prove intent will generally be outweighed by its prejudicial effect.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-10-10· cited 241×
• Rehberger v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-12-18· cited 30×
• Nichols v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-09-24· cited 22×
• MacK v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-01-04· cited 17×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-12-03· cited 17×
• Newsome v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-01-23· cited 17×
• Shuman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-06-07· cited 16×
• Brigman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-16· cited 16×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-11-19· cited 15×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-10-20· cited 15×
• McMullen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-07-09· cited 15×
• Mangum v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-02-24· cited 13×
• Moody v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-06-15· cited 12×
• Lloyd v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-12· cited 11×
• Caldwell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-08-22· cited 11×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-06-22· cited 10×
• Appling v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-10-25· cited 10×
• Wade v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-12-02· cited 9×
• Curtis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-10-20· cited 9×
• Robertson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-03-28· cited 9×

Cites

51 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• People v. Alvino
  New York Court of Appeals· 1987-12-17· cited 1,030×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-01· cited 827×
• State v. Cofield
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1992-04-15· cited 449×
• Bacon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1952-07-14· cited 223×
• Stephens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-07-03· cited 157×
• People v. Henson
  New York Court of Appeals· 1973-10-18· cited 149×
• Walraven v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-11-23· cited 115×
• Farley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-30· cited 109×
• Raulerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-10-06· cited 93×
• State v. Oliver
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1993-07-22· cited 78×
• Ward v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-06-11· cited 69×
• Simmons v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-02-12· cited 67×
• Maggard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-06-22· cited 57×
• State v. Clark
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1993-09-30· cited 47×
• Grier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-10-03· cited 46×
• Bohannon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-04-21· cited 44×
• White v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-06-03· cited 35×
• Freeman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-06-30· cited 33×
• McGee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-02-03· cited 33×
• Fields v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-11-15· cited 32×