Wall 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 of the relationship between the defendant and the victim may be admissible to show the defendant's motive or intent in committing the offense
• holding that evidence of the relationship between the defendant and the victim may be admissible to show the defendant's motive or intent in committing the offense
• noting that notwithstanding prior difficulties between the defendant and the victim, “[tjestimony concerning prior difficulties between the defendant and one not the victim of the crime for which the defendant is being tried remains subject to USCR 31”
• holding that such evidence was relevant
• evidence of defendant’s prior acts toward the victim, whether an assault, a quarrel or a threat, is admissible to show defendant’s motive, intent and bent of mind
• USCR 31.1 and 31.3 not applicable to evidence of prior difficulties between victim and defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Suggs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-02-14· cited 222×
• State of Iowa v. Hillary Lee Tyler
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2015-06-30· cited 153×
• Klauenberg v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-08-25· cited 143×
• Pye v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-21· cited 91×
• Morrow v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-06-12· cited 90×
• State v. Belt
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-21· cited 86×
• Buice v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-10-22· cited 83×
• Peoples v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-03-28· cited 75×
• Palmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-06-01· cited 74×
• Lance v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-25· cited 70×
• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-06-25· cited 70×
• Parrish v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-03-11· cited 68×
• Myers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 68×
• Eckman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-06-11· cited 62×
• Sallie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-03-24· cited 58×
• Camphor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-05-01· cited 56×
• Peterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-07-16· cited 55×
• Laney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-05-17· cited 55×
• Stansell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-16· cited 53×
• Lowery v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-06-04· cited 51×

Cites

28 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×
• Gunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-05-09· cited 96×
• Maxwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-03-19· cited 89×
• Carr v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-03-10· cited 82×
• Simmons v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-02-12· cited 67×
• Parker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-02-21· cited 67×
• Stewart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-02-14· cited 53×
• Barrett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-11-22· cited 44×
• Bohannon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-04-21· cited 44×
• O'TOOLE v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-10-26· cited 31×
• Kettman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-11-19· cited 28×
• Hartman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-04-29· cited 25×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-11-12· cited 24×
• Loggins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-02-15· cited 24×
• Flournoy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-04-29· cited 21×
• Spearman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-03-10· cited 21×
• McTaggart v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-11· cited 19×
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-13· cited 17×
• Hull v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-10-16· cited 16×
• Warbington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-01-21· cited 14×