Troutman v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that testimony about a confession Troutman made to an uncle was direct evidence of guilt
• holding that the defendant’s confession to his uncle that he “had just killed someone,” along with other supporting evidence, was sufficient to support his malice murder conviction
• holding that a defendant’s confession to a trial witness is direct evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Douglas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-06-10· cited 6×
• Coleman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-05-06· cited 3×
• Dillard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-03-04· cited 3×
• Porter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-05-28· cited 1×
• Quintanar v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-06-24
• Padgett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-06-24
• Hart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-06-24
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-09-30
• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-09-30
• EVANS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-09-30
• Copney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-10-15
• Merritt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-11-04
• Asmelash v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-11-04
• Fadesire v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-03-17
• GINES v. THE STATE (Three Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-03-12

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• State v. Lane
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 247×
• Schofield v. Holsey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-26· cited 192×
• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-06-25· cited 70×
• Payne v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-08-09· cited 63×
• Plez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-02-06· cited 59×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-19· cited 53×
• Westmoreland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-28· cited 51×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-02-06· cited 46×
• Mims v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-01-22· cited 46×
• State v. Layman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-05-23· cited 42×
• McIver v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-06-30· cited 29×
• State v. Troutman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-02-27· cited 26×
• Debelbot v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-03-13· cited 26×
• Allen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-07-05· cited 25×
• Babbage v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-01-20· cited 23×
• State v. Mobley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-02· cited 23×
• DRAUGHN v. THE STATE (Three Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-05-03· cited 23×
• DEBELBOT v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-28· cited 21×