Walker v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• addressing the waiver arising from the failure to obtain a ruling in the trial court
• noting in a proportionality review that the co-defendant was ineligible for a death sentence based on his having been adjudicated as being mentally retarded
• comments made in the course of ruling on objections are generally not the type of comments prohibited by OCGA § 17-8-57
• comments made in the course of ruling on objections are generally not the type of comments prohibited by OCGA § 17-8-57
• biblical references in closing argument of death penalty trial not improper where passages “simply urged the jury to accept its legal duty to pass judgment rather than abdicating that role”
• relevant to Young’s case despite the fact that the convictions and sentences were later vacated for reasons unrelated to the jury’s reaction to the evidence before it, see Humphrey v. Walker, 294 Ga. 855 (757 SE2d 68) (2014), disapproved on other grounds by Ledford, 289 Ga. at 85 (14

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Warren Lee Hill, Jr. v. Carl Humphrey
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-11-22· cited 208×
• Ledford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-25· cited 99×
• Brockman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-04· cited 71×
• Martin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-11-02· cited 49×
• Sewell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-02· cited 27×
• Tate v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-01· cited 27×
• Humphrey, Warden v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-03-28· cited 24×
• Sharp v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-22· cited 18×
• Keita v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-09-28· cited 12×
• White v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-03-21· cited 12×
• Rainly v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-11-30· cited 11×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-06-24· cited 9×
• Sims v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-02· cited 6×
• Constantino v. Warren
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-10-05· cited 6×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-02-19· cited 4×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-16· cited 4×
• Miller v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-02· cited 3×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-06-01
• YOUNG v. THE STATE 6-24-2021 Substitute Opinion Issued.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-06-24
• Lofton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-07-01

Cites

52 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×
• Atkins v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-20· cited 3,384×
• Malcolm v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
• McClain v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-11-12· cited 179×
• DeYoung v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-11-24· cited 174×
• Conner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-05-24· cited 147×
• Crowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-26· cited 133×
• Gissendaner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-05· cited 131×
• Ledford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-02-21· cited 108×
• Carr v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-02-03· cited 96×
• Gunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-05-09· cited 96×
• Whatley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-12-04· cited 92×
• Fair v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-04-09· cited 92×
• Butts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-04-30· cited 90×
• Pace v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-12-03· cited 86×
• Ferrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-03-15· cited 85×
• Lee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-01· cited 83×
• Paul v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-02· cited 83×
• King v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-30· cited 81×
• Greene v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-05-05· cited 79×