Adams 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 sentence of mandatory twenty-five years followed by life on probation for aggravated molestation of a four-year-old child does not implicate categorical Eighth Amendment restriction under Graham, nor is it grossly disproportionate for particular crime
• explaining that section 16-3-1 does not imply that children are “incapable of performing a[ criminal] act,” does not “provide[] immunity from criminal prosecution,” and “sets forth [only] an affirmative defense” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• discussing \difficulty of applying Graham to non-life sentences\ and declining to extend its reasoning to lengthy term-of-years sentences
• holding Graham inapplicable to term-of-years sentences
• where approximate dates for the commission of crimes may be determined by the evidence presented, the evidence is sufficient to support the allegations in the indictment
• where approximate dates for the commission of crimes may be determined by the evidence presented, the evidence is sufficient to support the allegations in the indictment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Rainer
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2013-04-11· cited 340×
• State v. Zuber
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2017-01-11· cited 240×
• State v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2013-05-07· cited 65×
• Henry v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-01-20· cited 62×
• McClure v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-07· cited 48×
• Bulloch v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-17· cited 40×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-05· cited 33×
• State v. Slocumb
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2019-04-03· cited 31×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-06-21· cited 28×
• Richardson v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 20×
• State v. Nathan
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2017-07-11· cited 17×
• SILLAH v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-02-07· cited 17×
• Middleton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-11-14· cited 15×
• Pepe-Frazier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-18· cited 14×
• State v. Springer
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2014-11-12· cited 13×
• Henry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-07· cited 13×
• Calmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-07-01· cited 13×
• Conley v. Pate
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-03-04· cited 12×
• Gordon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-06-26· cited 12×
• Lynch v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-06-28· cited 10×

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Crawford v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
• Roper v. Simmons
  Supreme Court· 2005-03-01· cited 3,523×
• Graham v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 2010-05-17· cited 3,477×
• Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 2009-06-25· cited 2,882×
• Ewing v. California
  Supreme Court· 2003-03-05· cited 1,555×
• Timberlake v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-09-23· cited 307×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-04-19· cited 63×
• Brewer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 54×
• Humphrey v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-10-26· cited 48×
• Chandle v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-05-10· cited 46×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-25· cited 46×
• Widner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-06-26· cited 42×
• State v. Layman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-05-23· cited 42×
• Hutton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-07-11· cited 35×
• Hester v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-06-25· cited 34×
• Moss v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-02-09· cited 28×
• Luke v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-06-21· cited 28×
• K. M. S. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-09-14· cited 27×
• Brower v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-02· cited 24×
• State v. Ross
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1990-08-21· cited 18×