Whatley 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 the prosecution’s “were they lying” questions were permissible because they “merely emphasized the conflict in the evidence, which it was the jury’s duty to resolve”
• noting that a juror should be disqualified if he or she cannot set aside a prior opinion and decide the case based on the evidence and the trial court's charge and noting the trial court's discretion in deciding this matter
• finding such questions merely emphasize the conflict in the evidence and do not improperly invade the role of the jury
• noting that a juror should be disqualified if he or she cannot set aside a prior opinion and decide the case based on the evidence and the trial court’s charge and noting the trial court’s discretion in deciding this matter
• where defendant did not move to strike prospective jurors for cause, trial court did not err by failing to excuse jurors sua sponte
• “All aspects of a defendant’s crime, character, and attitude . . . [are] admissible in the sentencing phase.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Singh
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-03-26· cited 212×
• Gissendaner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-05· cited 131×
• Willis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-10-22· cited 116×
• Whatley v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
  Eleventh Circuit· 2019-06-20· cited 102×
• Mullins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-01-19· cited 97×
• Butts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-04-30· cited 90×
• State v. Roper
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2004-06-29· cited 87×
• Pace v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-12-03· cited 86×
• People v. Metcalfe
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-12-05· cited 85×
• Liggett v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2006-05-15· cited 83×
• King v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-30· cited 81×
• Al-Amin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-05-24· cited 78×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 73×
• Brockman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-04· cited 71×
• Lance v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-25· cited 70×
• Braley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 70×
• Metts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-02-08· cited 63×
• State v. Maluia
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2005-03-24· cited 59×
• Mallory v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-06-01· cited 48×
• State v. Morales
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2000-09-05· cited 47×

Cites

58 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×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Harper v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-06-02· cited 229×
• William Duane Elledge v. Richard L. Dugger
  Eleventh Circuit· 1987-07-20· cited 215×
• Jarrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-04-29· cited 209×
• Isaacs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-11-30· cited 201×
• Earnest v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-10-30· cited 182×
• Barnes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-03-02· cited 180×
• McClain v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-11-12· cited 179×
• Cargill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-03-18· cited 172×
• Spivey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-07-02· cited 163×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-02-13· cited 154×
• Ingram v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-11-27· cited 151×
• Bright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-17· cited 143×
• Romine v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-12-02· cited 135×
• Crowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-26· cited 133×
• Caldwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-07-03· cited 123×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-03-01· cited 112×
• Stripling v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-02-22· cited 109×
• Morgan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-10-21· cited 108×