Whitehead 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 trial court may reserve final ruling on an objection to certain evidence and parties remain free to renew the objection during trial
• reiterating general rule that a party is required to make and obtain a ruling on an objection to evidence in the trial court in order to preserve the issue for appeal
• same “test applies whether the similar transaction occurred before or, as here, after the charged crimes”
• “[Utilization of a remedial electronic security measure shielded from the jury’s view is permissible where the defendant fails to show that he was harmed by its use.”
• admission of similar transaction evidence will be upheld absent abuse of discretion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Anthony v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-04-04· cited 70×
• Billings v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-03· cited 58×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-04-15· cited 34×
• Esprit v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-03-11· cited 34×
• Higuera-Hernandez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-07-11· cited 26×
• Phillips v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-07-12· cited 25×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-29· cited 24×
• Curry v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-02-05· cited 23×
• Rogers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-01-23· cited 22×
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-02-16· cited 21×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-05· cited 16×
• Weldon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-07-13· cited 16×
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-09-20· cited 14×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-13· cited 11×
• The State v. Battle.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-02-14· cited 11×
• Pacheco v. Regal Cinemas, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-14· cited 10×
• Muhammad v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-04-24· cited 9×
• Avila v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-06-20· cited 9×
• Ayiteyfio v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-08· cited 8×
• Whitman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-01· cited 7×

Cites

22 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×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-02-05· cited 102×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-12-05· cited 93×
• Harley-Davidson Motor Co. v. Daniel
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-09-07· cited 89×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-11-17· cited 74×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-04-28· cited 61×
• McClarity v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-08-24· cited 57×
• Pareja v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-02· cited 53×
• Spear v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-08· cited 50×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-05-12· cited 33×
• Kilgore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-02-02· cited 30×
• Bryant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-05-17· cited 27×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-10-11· cited 22×
• Edwards v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-06-04· cited 18×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-11-22· cited 17×
• Buckner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-11-03· cited 17×
• Anderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-02· cited 13×
• Scott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-01-23· cited 11×
• Jorden v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-12-05· cited 10×
• Dixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-04-28· cited 9×