Wilson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• counsel’s waiver of defendant’s right to be present is not binding unless it is made in his presence, or by his express authority
• new trial granted where defendant absent for portion of the State's closing argument; counsel for defendant could not waive defendant's presence without acquiescence
• \[t]his principle has been recognized since the establishment of this Court\
• “It is the legal right of a person accused of crime in this State to be present at all stages of his trial, such right being derived from our Constitution. This principle has been recognized since the establishment of this court.”
• solicitor-general's argument to the jury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-12-05· cited 257×
• Gilreath v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-06-30· cited 155×
• Parker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-02-21· cited 67×
• Holsey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-12-02· cited 56×
• Burney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-10-17· cited 54×
• Ward v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-02-28· cited 53×
• Pennie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-09-13· cited 50×
• Speed v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-01· cited 49×
• Sammons v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-05-09· cited 44×
• State v. Garcia-Contreras
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1998-02-12· cited 43×
• Byrd v. Ricketts
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-02-04· cited 42×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-11-03· cited 42×
• Fair v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-22· cited 40×
• Hampton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-10-09· cited 38×
• Biggs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-26· cited 37×
• Thacker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1970-02-13· cited 34×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-23· cited 33×
• Collins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-04-10· cited 29×
• McBride v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-06-09· cited 29×
• Wanzer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-07-02· cited 29×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cawthon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-02-12· cited 174×
• Frank v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1914-11-14· cited 62×
• Wade v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1852-08-15· cited 48×
• Swain v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1926-09-25· cited 44×
• Prine v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1851-10-06· cited 42×
• Tiller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1895-07-29· cited 38×
• Barton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1881-04-15· cited 37×
• Hopson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1902-08-07· cited 31×
• Sherrod v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1908-10-15· cited 30×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1891-07-13· cited 27×
• Bonner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1881-05-15· cited 24×
• Robson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1889-04-22· cited 24×
• Osborn v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1867-06-15· cited 21×
• Rider v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1943-04-13· cited 18×
• Morris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1933-07-13· cited 17×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1877-08-15· cited 12×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1903-05-30· cited 11×