Baker v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing both the non-dangerous felony problem and the merger problem of the felony murder rule
• merger doctrine rejected in felony-murder context even when underlying felony is integral part of homicide
• merger doctrine rejected in felony-murder context even when underlying felony is integral part of homicide
• rejecting adoption of the doctrine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Edge v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-02-04· cited 236×
• State v. Tillman
  Utah Supreme Court· 1987-12-22· cited 213×
• People v. Davis
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-12-16· cited 101×
• State v. Wanrow
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-12-28· cited 96×
• Ford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-12-03· cited 65×
• People v. Bush
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2023-11-30· cited 55×
• Catchings v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-09-03· cited 45×
• Hardy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-12-05· cited 43×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-02-15· cited 38×
• State v. Lucas
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1988-07-08· cited 37×
• Sutton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-02-05· cited 35×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-11-12· cited 32×
• Carter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-05-04· cited 30×
• Skaggs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-05-03· cited 29×
• Kettman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-11-19· cited 28×
• Satterfield v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-11-24· cited 27×
• McKenzie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-09-23· cited 24×
• Malone v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-01-27· cited 20×
• Chapman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-03-11· cited 18×
• Riley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-07-05· cited 18×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Floyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-11-26· cited 124×
• State v. Middlebrooks
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-01-07· cited 107×
• Leutner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-11· cited 60×
• Cain v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-09-24· cited 5×