Torres v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• defendant not entitled to charge on mere presence as sole defense where evidence showed connection to contraband other than mere presence in hotel room
• defendant not entitled to charge on mere presence as sole defense where evidence showed connection to contraband other than mere presence in hotel room
• no error in failing to charge jury on sole defense of “mere presence” where trial court instructed jury as to State’s burden to prove each element of the offense
• no error in failing to charge jury on sole defense of “mere presence” where trial court instructed jury as to State’s burden to prove each element of the offense

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Smoot v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-05· cited 23×
• Boring v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-04-07· cited 14×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-11-09· cited 11×
• Graves v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-05-24· cited 1×
• Allen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-02-18· cited 1×
• Ebony Smoot v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-05
• Rico Graves v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-05-24
• Xavier Allen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-02-18

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Parker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-23· cited 56×
• Chase v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-02-02· cited 49×
• Hulsey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-22· cited 10×
• Russell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-02-27· cited 7×
• Furlow v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-11-14· cited 6×
• Carroll v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-09-26· cited 4×
• Rupnik v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-04-19· cited 2×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-02-17· cited 1×