Thomas v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “A mere incriminating statement is made where the accused, though admitting to damaging circumstances, nonetheless attempts to deny responsibility for the crime charged by putting forward exculpatory or legally justifying facts.” (cleaned up)
• “[A] sufficiency review under Jackson considers all evidence, whether admissible or not.”
• “Incriminating statements, unlike confessions, do not require corroborating evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Russell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-09-08· cited 19×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-12-21· cited 18×
• Baker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-05-29· cited 18×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-05-31· cited 9×
• State v. Leverette
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-02-18· cited 5×
• Walker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-08-09· cited 4×
• Pounds v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-11-05· cited 4×
• Vickie Lynn Kennison v. Tanisha Mayfield
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-03-22
• Jaccaro Cross v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-12-19
• Antonios Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-01-04
• Hart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-06-24
• Dill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-03-17

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Jackson v. Denno
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 6,121×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-16· cited 122×
• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-06-25· cited 70×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-04-04· cited 64×
• Merritt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-01-22· cited 53×
• Mims v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-01-22· cited 46×
• Muckle v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-12-11· cited 20×
• Goodson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 18×
• Vanholten v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-02-01· cited 16×
• Barker v. Barrow
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-19· cited 15×
• Norris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-01-29· cited 15×
• Hassel v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-02-24· cited 13×
• McMullen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-11-21· cited 11×
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-04-26· cited 7×
• Kennedy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-08-20· cited 7×