Thompson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the prosecutor did not make an improper argument by “highlighting that [the defendant’s] theory of the case … was illogical based on the evi- dence”
• “Viewed in context, the prosecutor was simply highlighting that Appellant’s theory of the case – that someone other than Appellant was the fourth attacker – was illogical based on the evidence” and “did not improperly shift the burden to Appellant to prove his innocence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Burke v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-01-28· cited 10×
• Pyne v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-09-17· cited 8×
• DUNSTON v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-06-11· cited 7×
• Brock v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-09-17· cited 4×
• David Lee Frady v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-10-23
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-09-30
• BOSTIC v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-09-30
• Levi Aaron Zahn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-09-24
• Norwood v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-12-09
• Shane Yerdon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-03-03
• Hernandez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-03-17
• Denson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-06-16

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-04-24· cited 130×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-07-06· cited 90×
• Favors v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-27· cited 73×
• Booth v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-08-14· cited 59×
• Gaston v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-01-13· cited 47×
• King v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-06-21· cited 32×
• Cochran v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-05-20· cited 31×
• Ridley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-01-18· cited 30×
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-17· cited 27×
• MUSE v. THE STATE (Three Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-06-21· cited 27×
• DRAUGHN v. THE STATE (Three Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-05-03· cited 23×
• Lee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-02-06· cited 20×
• Walker v. the States
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-08-10· cited 19×
• Wilkerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-12-23· cited 18×
• Monroe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-03-07· cited 18×
• WARD v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-05-16· cited 14×
• Bates v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-12-19· cited 13×
• Kimbro v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-10-11· cited 13×