State v. Collins

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the Court had previously abandoned the presumption that a rape was forcible based solely on the fact that a victim was under the age of consent
• presumption of both elements based upon age of the victim impermissible in forcible rape case
• presumption of both elements based upon age of the victim impermissible in forcible rape case
• “In enacting a new criminal code in 1968, this state adopted the common-law definition of rape.”
• the State must prove the element of force as a factual matter in forcible rape cases rather than presuming force as a matter of law based on the victim’s age
• “the quantum of evidence to prove force against a child is minimal”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Chase v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-15· cited 83×
• Heidler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-02· cited 77×
• Dixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-05-03· cited 54×
• Mangrum v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-15· cited 54×
• Brewer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 54×
• Demetrios v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-10-24· cited 45×
• Watson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-09-14· cited 30×
• Osborne v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-29· cited 29×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-10-05· cited 28×
• Pollard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-03-26· cited 25×
• Luke v. Battle
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-07-03· cited 21×
• Skillern v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-08-27· cited 19×
• Siharath v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-10-19· cited 19×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-06-25· cited 18×
• Donaldson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-05-18· cited 17×
• House v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-01-25· cited 17×
• Wightman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-01-17· cited 16×
• Bradberry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-04· cited 15×
• Roebuck v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-16· cited 14×
• Minter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-07-26· cited 14×

Cites

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

• Drake v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-05-26· cited 101×
• Baker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-04-22· cited 71×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-04-04· cited 64×
• Plantation Pipe Line Co. v. City of Bremen
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1970-11-23· cited 53×
• Richardson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-03-04· cited 53×
• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1937-03-10· cited 50×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-09-24· cited 45×
• Curtis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-02-24· cited 43×
• Cooper v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-01-28· cited 35×
• Gibbins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-12-03· cited 34×
• Gore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-02-12· cited 32×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-06-30· cited 26×
• Raines v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-06-01· cited 24×
• Scales v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-09-05· cited 24×
• Calloway v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-03-15· cited 20×
• McFall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-12· cited 20×
• Strickland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1950-09-13· cited 18×
• Echols v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1922-07-15· cited 17×
• Collins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-03-02· cited 16×
• Dupree v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-10-26· cited 15×