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.

• explaining that the effect of bolstering should be viewed in context of all the evidence to determine if it had an effect on the outcome on the trial
• pointing out that “where the bolstering testimony is not the only evidence linking the defendant to the crime, it is highly probable that the admission of such evidence did not contribute to the jury’s verdict”
• no ineffectiveness where counsel made strategic decision not to object during child’s testimony for fear of alienating jury
• effect of bolstering should be viewed in context of all the evidence to determine if it had an effect on the outcome on the trial
• no ineffectiveness where counsel made strategic decision not to object during child’s testimony for fear of alienating jury
• “[T]he admission of evidence which serves only to bolster another witness’s credibility is not the kind of error that seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of a judicial proceeding.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-18· cited 65×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-02-05· cited 11×
• Leggett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-19· cited 10×
• Wiggins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-06-24· cited 10×
• SMITH v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-02-19· cited 9×
• Riddick v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-19· cited 7×
• Bowman v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-07-08· cited 3×
• The State v. Banks
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-06-08· cited 3×
• Hoke v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-10· cited 3×
• Chavez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-10-03· cited 3×
• Heard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-05-29· cited 2×
• Smith v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-07-23· cited 1×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-08· cited 1×
• Dixie Nicole Best v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-07-13
• Shavon Jabbar Prescott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-10-30
• Thomas Edward Zerbarini v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-03-16
• Mashoko Woods v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-10-08
• Abney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-06-11
• Telliton Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-08
• William Riddick v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-19

Cites

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

• Schofield v. Holsey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-26· cited 192×
• Wall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-06-01· cited 183×
• Farley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-30· cited 109×
• Drammeh v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-05-25· cited 79×
• Waits v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-04-24· cited 72×
• Odom v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-15· cited 62×
• City of Decatur v. DeKalb County
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-10-06· cited 61×
• Louisyr v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-02-04· cited 53×
• Ferguson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-12-01· cited 48×
• Battles v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-07· cited 48×
• Tuff v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-05-03· cited 47×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-09-23· cited 45×
• Bagwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-10-26· cited 44×
• Handley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-03· cited 42×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-01-26· cited 41×
• Gosnell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-01-09· cited 36×
• Anthony v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-17· cited 35×
• Sprayberry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-04-02· cited 25×
• Farris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-09-10· cited 24×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-10· cited 22×