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.

• concluding that evidence of defendant’s drug buy as admissible as to issue of motive for robbery
• concluding that evidence of defendant’s drug buy was admissible as to issue of motive for robbery
• holding that the evidence underlying a felony murder conviction was sufficient where, among other things, the defendant drove himself and others to the location where the 20 shooting occurred and drove the getaway car
• holding that evidence of the defendant’s “prior illegal drug use and drug dealing was properly admitted to show his motive to rob a home where he believed illegal drugs and money would be found” and was not rendered inadmissible because it incidentally put his character in issue
• upholding admission of evidence of defendant’s drug use as evidence of motive
• evidence was sufficient to prove appellant was a party to the crime of armed robbery and burglary because he drove the getaway vehicle

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Mobley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-02· cited 23×
• Rush v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-01-21· cited 12×
• Legregory Collins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-07-23· cited 8×
• Freeman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-04-20· cited 7×
• Huntley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-06· cited 6×
• McBurrows v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-07· cited 5×
• Wallace v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-10-15· cited 5×
• Allifi v. Raider
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-16· cited 4×
• Simon v. State.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-02-27· cited 3×
• Tela v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-18· cited 3×
• Hicks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-07· cited 3×
• Ryans v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-17· cited 2×
• Desire v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-02· cited 1×
• Justin Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-03-16
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-06-26
• Walter Maxon Simon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-02-27
• Beniam Dawit Tela v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-18
• Keith McBurrows v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-07
• Rakeen Rayneil Hicks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-07
• Clemon Antrone Huntley A/K/A Clemon Antwon Huntley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-06

Cites

8 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×
• Malcolm v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
• Edge v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-02-04· cited 236×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-10-18· cited 51×
• Brady v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-01· cited 43×
• Morgan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-19· cited 21×
• Curinton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-02-25· cited 18×