Watson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that defendant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently waived his right to a jury trial where he was asked personally on the record about proceeding with a bench trial, and defendant orally affirmed the waiver
• “A trial court should ask the defendant sufficient questions on the record so that the court can ensure the defendant’s waiver is knowing, voluntary, and intelligent.”
• waiver of rights upheld where defendant told trial court on the record that he wished to waive jury trial and proceed with bench trial, and where defendant’s counsel stated that he had discussed with defendant whether to proceed with bench trial versus jury trial
• waiver of rights upheld where defendant told trial court on the record 6 that he wished to waive jury trial and proceed with bench trial, and where defendant’s counsel stated that he had discussed with defendant whether to proceed with bench trial versus jury trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Braithwaite v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 95×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-10-27· cited 34×
• Head v. Thomason
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-03-24· cited 28×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-02-02· cited 23×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-21· cited 18×
• Allison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-11-20· cited 16×
• Lord v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-10-09· cited 16×
• Jenkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-12-23· cited 12×
• Grooms v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-06· cited 12×
• Ealey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-14· cited 12×
• Walden v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-05-29· cited 12×
• Lloyd v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-12· cited 11×
• Edwards v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-05-04· cited 11×
• Walls v. Walls
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 11×
• Agee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-04-19· cited 10×
• Byrd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-03-04· cited 8×
• Green v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-09-11· cited 7×
• Eayrs v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-08-24· cited 6×
• Turnbull v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-09-28· cited 6×
• Dugar v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-08-09· cited 6×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Boykin v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-02· cited 12,640×
• Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann
  Supreme Court· 1943-01-04· cited 2,192×
• Patton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1930-04-14· cited 1,162×
• Chapman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-01-22· cited 118×
• In the Interest of M. A. C.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-10-24· cited 43×
• Whitaker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-05-30· cited 16×
• Byrd v. Owen
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-02· cited 13×