Williams v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• considering that the trial court in virtually all other situations is presumed to know and apply the correct law unless the contra be shown
• noting that some of the purposes which have been deemed appropriate include guilty knowledge and intent
• noting that some of the purposes which have been deemed appropriate include guilty knowledge and intent
• reversing where the trial court did not make the findings required by Rule 31.3 and “the state presented no evidence to the jury to establish [the necessary] similarity or connection”
• reversing where the trial court did not make the findings required by Rule 31.3 and “the state presented no evidence to the jury to establish [the necessary] similarity or connection”
• outlining the three-prong test for determining whether evidence of an independent act may be admissible as similar transaction evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Malcolm v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
• State v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-01· cited 158×
• Clay v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-19· cited 117×
• Farley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-30· cited 109×
• Reed v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-04-24· cited 108×
• Ledford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-25· cited 99×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-02-24· cited 96×
• Raulerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-10-06· cited 93×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-12-05· cited 93×
• Arrington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-09· cited 91×
• Maxwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-03-19· cited 89×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-03-15· cited 89×
• Burgess v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-12-05· cited 89×
• Pace v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-12-03· cited 86×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-10-31· cited 86×
• State v. Belt
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-21· cited 86×
• Peoples v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-03-28· cited 75×
• Palmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-06-01· cited 74×
• State v. Adams
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1996-09-18· cited 74×
• Mullins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-03-02· cited 72×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Bacon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1952-07-14· cited 223×
• Cawthon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-02-12· cited 174×
• Stephens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-07-03· cited 157×
• Cox v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1927-10-15· cited 62×
• Chastain v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-02-14· cited 38×