Wright v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• permitting charge of sexual battery against adult daughter to be included along with charges of child molestation involving grandson, as alleged battery showed defendant’s “bent of mind and pattern of conduct against members of his family”
• videotaped statement, in which defendant joked that his father had molested him, held merely cumulative of earlier testimony by detective as to content of tape
• videotaped statement, in which defendant joked that his father had molested him, held merely cumulative of earlier testimony by detective as to content of tape
• 34 years not too remote where similar transaction evidence showed a pattern of sexual abuse against several generations of the same family.
• 34 years not too remote where similar transaction evidence showed a pattern of sexual abuse against several generations of the same family
• “[W]hen the evidence shows completion only of the greater offense, it is unnecessary for the trial court to charge on the lesser offense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Pareja v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-02· cited 53×
• Tyner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-01-13· cited 28×
• Metts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-04-06· cited 27×
• McNaughton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-04-24· cited 22×
• Shorter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-02-07· cited 19×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-03-08· cited 17×
• Totino v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-03-15· cited 12×
• Boynton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-10-10· cited 12×
• Tyler v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-06-15· cited 10×
• Tyler v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-02-24· cited 9×
• Mealor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-02-10· cited 9×
• Clemmons v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-03· cited 9×
• Murray v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-09-11· cited 9×
• Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-05-20· cited 9×
• Pendley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-25· cited 9×
• Henderson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-04-07· cited 8×
• Twiggs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-03-27· cited 8×
• Bond v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-02-15· cited 5×
• Roberson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-07-01· cited 5×
• Osmer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-09-15· cited 4×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Edwards v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-04-25· cited 135×
• Gilstrap v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-12-05· cited 84×
• Cooper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-01-09· cited 67×
• McClarity v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-08-24· cited 57×
• Arnold v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-01-24· cited 41×
• Slakman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-13· cited 35×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-09-11· cited 27×
• Bryson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-10-26· cited 23×
• Shelton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-08-01· cited 20×
• Starnes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-09-08· cited 18×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-11-15· cited 13×
• Pena v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-11-21· cited 9×
• Loyless v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-10-28· cited 8×