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.

• holding that trial counsel’s failure to object to witness’s testimony describing the circumstances of the victim’s outcry and the victim’s demeanor was not bolstering because the witness did not comment on the veracity of the victim
• “What is forbidden is opinion testimony that directly addresses the credibility of the victim, i.e., ‘I believe the victim; I think the victim is telling the truth.’”
• “What is forbidden is opinion testimony that directly addresses the credibility of the victim, i.e., ‘I believe the victim; I think the victim is telling the truth[.]’” (punctuation omitted)
• improper hearsay evidence was cumulative and thus did not prejudice defendant
• after victim told her aunt defendant put his hand down her pants, aunt stated, “When I asked her what — he really done that, she said yeah . . . And I knew”; testimony was not improper bolstering as it was vague and ambiguous and aunt never elaborated what she knew
• after victim told her aunt defendant put his hand down her pants, aunt stated, “When I asked her what – he really done that, she said yeah . . . And I knew;” testimony was not improper bolstering as it was vague and ambiguous and aunt never elaborated what she knew

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• GARNER v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-06-19· cited 20×
• Anderson v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-07-06· cited 12×
• Leggett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-19· cited 10×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-11-21· cited 5×
• UNDERWOOD v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-01-31· cited 1×
• Yvonne Irene Alexander v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-02-28
• Roderick Moreland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-09-10
• Aaron Santoro v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-11-08
• Thony Beaubrun v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-05-02
• Gregory Leon Jackson, Jr. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-11-21
• Jasper Leggett Jr. A/K/A Dramourno Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-19
• Anthony Allen Oliver v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-06-29
• Brandon Wood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-12-09
• John Lacey Mulkey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-01-17

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Smith v. Francis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-01-29· cited 406×
• Schofield v. Holsey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-26· cited 192×
• Hayes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-03-15· cited 119×
• Odom v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-15· cited 62×
• Works v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-11-17· cited 48×
• Reynolds v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-23· cited 41×
• Lagana v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-11-29· cited 24×
• Cline v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-01-13· cited 24×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-10· cited 19×
• Gaston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-07· cited 17×
• Dubose v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-02-24· cited 15×
• Roebuck v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-16· cited 14×
• Cordy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-10· cited 14×
• Noe v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-10-03· cited 13×
• Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-18· cited 10×
• Clemmons v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-03· cited 9×
• Bates v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-18· cited 9×
• Bridges v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-02· cited 7×