Walden 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 evidence was sufficient for jury to reject theory that victim committed suicide even though pathologist could not conclusively state victim’s death was caused by another person
• noting that even exposing a child to unsanitary conditions may constitute criminal cruelty under certain circumstances
• “The jury was free to reject Appellant’s version of events, which it obviously did.” (Citations and punctuation omitted.)
• “The jury was free to reject Appellant’s version of events, which it obviously did.” (Citations and punctuation omitted.)
• evidence sufficient to support malice murder conviction where it showed “not only the nature of the gunshot wound, but also [the wife’s] motive to harm [her husband], and her prolonged coverup”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Simmons v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 52×
• Bunn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-06-18· cited 41×
• ALLEN v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-11-12· cited 29×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-15· cited 19×
• Reddings v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-02-04· cited 19×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-08-14· cited 17×
• White v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-01-15· cited 15×
• Adkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-08-23· cited 10×
• Bates v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-18· cited 9×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-02-27· cited 5×
• Guyton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-02-18· cited 4×
• Andre Pearre Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-03-21
• Mark White v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-01-15
• Darrin L. Bates v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-18

Cites

26 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×
• Chancey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-11-13· cited 154×
• State v. Graham
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-09-16· cited 54×
• Tolver v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-05-18· cited 51×
• Brewton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-01-22· cited 47×
• Hall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-12-03· cited 47×
• Cammon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-05-18· cited 44×
• Bryant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-23· cited 42×
• Sims v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-10-09· cited 41×
• Goforth v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-15· cited 30×
• Hall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-09-20· cited 29×
• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-04· cited 26×
• Alexander v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-25· cited 20×
• Brewton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-02-07· cited 20×
• Bunn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-10-27· cited 20×
• Folson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-11-22· cited 17×
• Hannah v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-07-12· cited 15×
• Gear v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-02-07· cited 14×
• Garey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-13· cited 12×
• Hughes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-06-24· cited 11×