Thornton v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that the trial court erred in failing to hold a hearing to determine if disclosure of RCI’s identity was required
• noting public policy to protect and encourage the flow of information to law enforcement officials
• noting public policy to protect and encourage the flow of information to law enforcement officials
• construing Roviaro v. United States, 353 U. S. 53 (77 SC 623, 1 LE2d 639) (1956), and Brady v. Maryland, 373 U. S. 83 (83 SC 1194, 10 LE2d 215) (1963)
• “The public policy underlying [the informer’s privilege] is to protect and encourage the flow of information to law enforcement officials.”
• case remanded for post-trial hearing on merits of Brady motion regarding informant's identity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-02-07· cited 150×
• Mooney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-03-15· cited 148×
• State v. Royal
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-03-03· cited 84×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-06-02· cited 68×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-06-15· cited 63×
• Crawford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-11-15· cited 58×
• McClarity v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-08-24· cited 57×
• Stewart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-02-14· cited 53×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-19· cited 46×
• State v. Harris
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-12-14· cited 45×
• Gravitt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-09-07· cited 45×
• Stiggers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-09-27· cited 39×
• Bennett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-01-09· cited 31×
• Ramsay v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-06-11· cited 30×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-09-19· cited 30×
• Little v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-02-26· cited 25×
• Hamilton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-02-25· cited 24×
• Burroughs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-02-08· cited 23×
• Stokes v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1979-05-09· cited 22×
• Henderson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-04-21· cited 22×

Cites

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

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Neil v. Biggers
  Supreme Court· 1972-12-06· cited 7,056×
• Simmons v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-18· cited 6,700×
• Roviaro v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-03-25· cited 3,599×
• Kirby v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-07· cited 3,001×
• Moore v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-10-10· cited 1,226×
• Foster v. California
  Supreme Court· 1969-04-01· cited 1,048×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-06-18· cited 261×
• Payne v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-11-18· cited 137×
• Pass v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1971-06-02· cited 117×
• Heyward v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-04-06· cited 56×
• Bennett v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1975-10-27· cited 52×
• Painter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-06-08· cited 42×
• Morgan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1954-10-13· cited 38×
• Scull v. THE STATE
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1970-10-26· cited 33×
• Welch v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-09-26· cited 31×
• Crosby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1954-04-13· cited 29×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-10-06· cited 26×
• Estevez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-10-16· cited 25×
• Connally v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-07-09· cited 21×

Other cases named Thornton v. State

227 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Thornton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-07-16· cited 89×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1999-05-27· cited 87×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-10-31· cited 86×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1896-11-15· cited 46×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1899-04-18· cited 45×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-01-27· cited 44×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1970-02-11· cited 41×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-03-20· cited 38×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-04-11· cited 37×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1970-11-05· cited 35×
• Thornton v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2015-12-22· cited 35×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2014-04-10· cited 34×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-01-31· cited 33×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-05-25· cited 31×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-02-13· cited 30×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1980-06-30· cited 30×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-21· cited 29×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-02-12· cited 28×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-09-22· cited 24×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2008-06-13· cited 24×
• Thornton v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1987-10-21· cited 24×
• Thornton v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-06-09· cited 23×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-11-19· cited 21×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1997-11-20· cited 20×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2019-08-06· cited 20×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1987-04-14· cited 18×
• Thornton v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 1994-12-30· cited 17×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2014-03-13· cited 17×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1910-05-12· cited 17×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-12-22· cited 16×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1979-03-27· cited 15×
• Thornton v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1979-04-04· cited 14×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-11-12· cited 14×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-02-17· cited 13×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-09-12· cited 13×
• Thornton v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-07-29· cited 13×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-10-23· cited 12×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1987-04-14· cited 12×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-10-20· cited 12×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1909-01-07· cited 12×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1950-03-23· cited 11×
• Thornton v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-12-15· cited 11×
• Thornton v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-04-24· cited 11×
• Thornton v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2001-01-09· cited 11×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-10-03· cited 10×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-09-08· cited 10×
• Thornton v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1978-06-01· cited 10×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1963-11-05· cited 10×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1983-08-11· cited 10×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1962-01-03· cited 9×