Bearden v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Th[e] offense [of simple assault] is complete if the assailant has made such a demonstration of violence, coupled with an apparent ability to inflict injury so as to cause the person against whom it is directed reasonably to fear the injury unless he retreats to secure his safety.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Daniels v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-06· cited 10×
• Thompson v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-04-10· cited 6×
• In the Interest of D. M.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-21· cited 3×
• In Re Dm
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-21

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Paul v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-03-24· cited 48×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-11-02· cited 46×
• Morgan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-02-20· cited 24×
• Hurt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-06-02· cited 22×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-02-05· cited 13×
• Wroge v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-04-12· cited 13×
• Cloyd v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-04-12· cited 13×