State v. Stephens

How courts have described this case

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

• adopting “practical, common-sense approach to the requirement of probable cause” established in Illinois v. Gates, 462 U. S. 213 (103 SC 2317, 76 LE2d 527) (1983)
• “By no means is probable cause to be equated with proof even by so much as a preponderance of evidence.”
• “Probable cause does not demand the certainty we associate with formal trials.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• “By no means is probable cause to be equated with proof even by so much as a preponderance of evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• DeYoung v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-11-24· cited 174×
• Gary v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-11-05· cited 119×
• State v. Palmer
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-23· cited 106×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-01· cited 87×
• State of Tennessee v. Jerry Lewis Tuttle
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2017-04-05· cited 81×
• Lance v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-25· cited 70×
• Bryant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-18· cited 70×
• State v. Diaz
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-07-20· cited 66×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-01-08· cited 60×
• State v. Luck
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-03-07· cited 59×
• State v. Lejeune
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-02-10· cited 54×
• Glenn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-16· cited 44×
• Sullivan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-09-22· cited 43×
• Lott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-31· cited 41×
• Shivers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-11-01· cited 39×
• Wise v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-08-29· cited 34×
• State v. Tye
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-05-05· cited 33×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-11-27· cited 29×
• Munson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-11-03· cited 26×
• State v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-03-02· cited 24×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Aguilar v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-15· cited 7,289×
• Spinelli v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1969-01-27· cited 6,223×
• Brinegar v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1949-10-10· cited 6,013×
• Strauss v. Stynchcombe
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1968-12-05· cited 69×
• Coleman v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1888-02-01· cited 50×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1965-03-10· cited 45×
• Peters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1966-10-31· cited 45×
• Bothwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-02-08· cited 42×
• LoGiudice v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-11-16· cited 13×
• Stephens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-06-21· cited 7×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-01-26· cited 6×