Willingham v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting defendant’s claim that no competent evidence showed substance was marijuana where it did not “affirmatively appear that [a witness’s] testimony . . . was based on hearsay rather than personal knowledge”
• sufficient evidence of possession of marijuana when participant in drug transaction had personal knowledge and testified that bags contained marijuana
• sufficient evidence of possession of marijuana when participant in drug transaction had personal knowledge and testified that bags contained marijuana
• expert testimony as to the chemical composition of the contraband is not always required; so long as the State presents, without objection, the testimony by one with personal knowledge establishing that the substance is what the state claims, then the evidence is sufficient
• expert testimony as to the chemical composition of the contraband is not always required; so long as the State presents, without objection, the testimony by one with personal knowledge establishing that the substance is what the State claims, then the evidence is sufficient

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-09· cited 10×
• In the Interest of S. R. C. J.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-09-27· cited 4×
• Cooper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-04· cited 3×
• State v. Woods
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-09-01· cited 2×
• Prescott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-05-06· cited 2×
• Santiago v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-02-17· cited 1×
• Shala King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-09
• Demarco Montez Cooper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-04

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Chancey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-11-13· cited 154×
• Burroughs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-02-08· cited 23×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-01-16· cited 22×
• Gooch v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-05-17· cited 19×
• Adkinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-02-05· cited 17×
• Chambers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-03-03· cited 15×
• Fuller v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-07-30· cited 14×
• Phillips v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-11-22· cited 11×
• Floyd v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1959-09-30· cited 7×
• Maness v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-01-20· cited 4×
• Ray v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-09-18· cited 3×