Watkins v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• hearsay statement constituted only evidence appellant had previously shot at the victim in his truck
• witness cannot be impeached with proof of specific misconduct unless that misconduct has resulted in a criminal conviction
• defense was entitled to cross-examine witness about pending charges for purpose of exploring bias

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-05-24· cited 142×
• Hinton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-06-12· cited 53×
• Martinez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-10-19· cited 53×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-19· cited 53×
• Manley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-04-09· cited 43×
• Hewitt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-11-10· cited 35×
• Sanders v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-01-09· cited 33×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-28· cited 32×
• Howard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-23· cited 27×
• Heidt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-01-07· cited 25×
• Undisclosed LLC v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-30· cited 25×
• McClure v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-09-27· cited 19×
• Schofield v. Meders
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-06-12· cited 18×
• Ellington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-08-09· cited 18×
• Fields v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-05-10· cited 14×
• Morris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-05-19· cited 13×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-22· cited 13×
• Slakman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-06-26· cited 11×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-01-09· cited 11×
• Curtis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-10-20· cited 9×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Hines v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-04-07· cited 153×
• Gissendaner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-05· cited 131×
• Burgeson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-09-09· cited 126×
• Chapel v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-16· cited 122×
• State v. Vogleson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-28· cited 71×
• Owens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-06-30· cited 71×
• United States v. Oliver
  Tenth Circuit· 2001-11-14· cited 49×
• Perkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-21· cited 47×
• Byrd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-09-11· cited 37×
• Slakman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-13· cited 35×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-01-15· cited 35×
• Beam v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-11-13· cited 32×
• McCoy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-03-28· cited 28×
• Watkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-11-28· cited 21×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-02-10· cited 11×
• Campos v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-13· cited 8×