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.

• instructing jury that a juror should not surrender honest convictions is an important element of an “Allen” charge and should not be omitted
• listing factors trial judge should consider in deciding whether to order a mistrial or to require jury to deliberate further
• “The decision of whether to give a jury in disagreement the ‘Allen’ charge is generally left in the discretion of the trial judge.”
• factors for a trial court to consider when deciding if a jury is deadlocked and mistrial be declared include the length and complexity of the trial and the length of time that the jury has deliberated

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Romine v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-12-02· cited 135×
• Sears v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-15· cited 71×
• Rose v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-10-31· cited 48×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-27· cited 28×
• Caldwell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-09-06· cited 25×
• Hines v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-27· cited 23×
• Goodrum v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-04-28· cited 20×
• Conner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-09-10· cited 19×
• Albert v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-11-07· cited 19×
• Epps v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-09-21· cited 18×
• Leonard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-09-28· cited 17×
• Pittman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-07-14· cited 16×
• Hurston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-11-23· cited 12×
• Dowdy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-10-26· cited 12×
• Bankston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-02-23· cited 10×
• Honester v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-11· cited 10×
• Muse v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-09-22· cited 8×
• Morris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-10-19· cited 7×
• Griner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-04-29· cited 6×
• Tyler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-09-07· cited 5×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Willingham v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-04-23· cited 45×
• Parker v. Georgia Pacific Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1889-10-28· cited 43×
• Yancy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1931-10-17· cited 33×
• Ponder v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1972-11-09· cited 32×
• Still v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-04-19· cited 5×
• Goldwire v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-03-12· cited 2×