State v. Hester

How courts have described this case

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

• the trier of fact is not obligated to believe a witness, and may accept or reject any portion of the testimony
• “The trial judge, like the jury, is the primary guardian of the rights of a citizen. An absolute rule requiring the trial judge to believe the witnesses called by the state would contradict the American system of justice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-22· cited 116×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-28· cited 85×
• State v. Ellison
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-03-03· cited 37×
• State v. Sanders
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-07-13· cited 26×
• State v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-24· cited 24×
• State v. Austin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-13· cited 23×
• State v. Starks
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-08-08· cited 13×
• Page v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-04· cited 13×
• State v. Lanes
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-08-21· cited 13×
• Moody v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-06-15· cited 12×
• Stringer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-05-30· cited 12×
• LeRoux v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-10-06· cited 10×
• Dixon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-01-05· cited 9×
• State v. Guyton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-29· cited 8×
• Laseter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-09· cited 7×
• VARRIANO v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-09-20· cited 7×
• Mays v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-07-13· cited 7×
• State v. Stelzenmuller
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-05-10· cited 5×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-12-19· cited 5×
• Terry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-01-03· cited 4×

Cites

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

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Vansant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-05-31· cited 478×
• Tate v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-02-28· cited 397×
• Patton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1903-02-13· cited 105×
• Lankford v. Holton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1938-10-15· cited 66×
• State v. Webb
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-09-25· cited 49×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-06-15· cited 45×
• Roberts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-03-03· cited 45×
• Sellers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1963-03-15· cited 40×
• Meneghan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-06-24· cited 26×
• State v. Betsill
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-12-05· cited 25×
• State v. Gray
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-06-10· cited 25×
• Nesbit v. Nesbit
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-05-23· cited 23×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-06· cited 19×
• Fincher v. Harlow
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1937-10-27· cited 19×
• Castillo v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-04-14· cited 18×
• State v. Aguirre
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-12-05· cited 17×
• State v. Hanson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-27· cited 16×
• McConnell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-10-03· cited 16×
• Lush v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-11-03· cited 15×