State v. Hamilton

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “Rule 807’s residual hearsay exception is designed to be used very rarely, and only in exceptional circumstances”
• noting that “Rule 807’s residual hearsay exception is designed to be used very rarely, and only in exceptional circumstances.”
• noting that typically, more general statutory provisions do not override more specific ones
• noting that “Confrontation Clause protections are not available for the State to assert”
• affirming trial court’s ruling where, although the trial court abused its discretion in admitting former testimony under OCGA § 24-8-804 (b) (1), “that conclusion [did] not end our review . . . because after conducting its Rule 804 (b) (1
• trial court’s decision to admit hearsay under Rule 807 reviewed for an abuse of discretion, considering the totality of the 29 circumstances

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-19· cited 36×
• Premier Health Care Investments, LLC v. Uhs of Anchor, L.P
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-05· cited 36×
• Thrift v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-12-07· cited 17×
• Anglin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-09-21· cited 14×
• Reyes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-08-10· cited 12×
• Jenkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-11-02· cited 11×
• Shealey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-06-01· cited 10×
• Leonard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-06-21· cited 10×
• State v. Kenney
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-01-18· cited 7×
• Watkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-02-18· cited 7×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-06-29· cited 5×
• State v. Burton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-09-20· cited 5×
• Kennebrew v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-09-19· cited 4×
• Pounds v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-11-05· cited 4×
• Head v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-06-11· cited 1×
• State v. Hylton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-03-18· cited 1×
• Bailee M. Childers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-03-16
• State v. Kierin M. Dennis
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2024-08-07
• State v. Kierin M. Dennis
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2024-10-30
• Terrell Edmondson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-02-09

Cites

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

• Green v. Bock Laundry MacHine Co.
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-22· cited 632×
• Texas v. McCullough
  Supreme Court· 1986-02-26· cited 534×
• Reinaldo Ramon Lamonica v. Safe Hurricane Shutters, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-03-06· cited 164×
• Marcus Rivers v. United States
  Eleventh Circuit· 2015-02-05· cited 128×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-06-06· cited 127×
• State v. Almanza
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-10-09· cited 98×
• Smart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-07-05· cited 86×
• United States v. Munoz
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-03-17· cited 67×
• Venturino v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-24· cited 46×
• Glenn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-16· cited 44×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-11-03· cited 42×
• State v. Holmes
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-10-09· cited 30×
• United States v. Jean Joseph Deeb
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-02-15· cited 25×
• Bolling v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-03-06· cited 25×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-09-12· cited 24×
• Blackmon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-03· cited 24×
• Hipp v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-07-11· cited 20×
• Jacobs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-05· cited 20×
• Patel v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-07-05· cited 19×
• State v. Bunn
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-09-20· cited 18×