Thorpe v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “[wjhether or not a prospective juror is qualified must be determined based on a consideration of the voir dire as a whole”
• admission of defendant’s “unguarded response to a perceived confidante,” not barred where, unbeknownst to defendant, confidante was actually a state agent
• trial court acted within its discretion in allowing lead detective to remain in courtroom, given the large number of exhibits and witnesses
• trial court acted within its discretion in allowing lead detective to remain in courtroom, given the large number of exhibits and witnesses
• Co-conspirator “hearsay statements are admissible when the State at some point before the close of evidence establishes a prima facie case of conspiracy independent of the co-conspirator statement”
• “There is likewise no indication that the jury confused the evidence or law; all three defendants were charged with identical crimes, and the jury, in reaching different verdicts as to each co-defendant, proved itself amply capable of distinguishing the evidence relevant to each.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-09· cited 59×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-01-23· cited 58×
• Gomez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-06-19· cited 51×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-02· cited 44×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-28· cited 43×
• Drake v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-24· cited 30×
• Dockery v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-07· cited 29×
• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-06· cited 29×
• Maxwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-27· cited 26×
• Huckabee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-07-05· cited 21×
• Franklin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-03-21· cited 17×
• Oubre v. Woldemichael
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-05-30· cited 16×
• Gray v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-04-26· cited 11×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-10-07· cited 10×
• James v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-26· cited 10×
• Hatcher v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-02-08· cited 8×
• Relaford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-10-22· cited 8×
• Kitchens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-01-20· cited 8×
• Williams v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-06-22· cited 8×
• Kegler v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-15· cited 8×

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Bruton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 8,792×
• DeYoung v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-11-24· cited 174×
• Vergara v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-02-25· cited 124×
• Lively v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-10-16· cited 90×
• Greene v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-05-05· cited 79×
• Welch v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-23· cited 51×
• Beecher v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-26· cited 44×
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-02-25· cited 36×
• Jordan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-09-07· cited 36×
• Copeland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-05-13· cited 34×
• Blalock v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-01-04· cited 33×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-07-02· cited 32×
• Brooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-02· cited 31×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-12-03· cited 31×
• Sewell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-02· cited 27×
• Somchith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-03-06· cited 26×
• Knight v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-12-04· cited 25×
• Fallings v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-09-24· cited 22×
• Howard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-03-28· cited 22×