Bell v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• noting, by comparison, that in a criminal case the State must disprove a justification defense
• person is legally justified in using deadly force against another to the extent he reasonably believes such force is necessary to prevent death or great bodily injury to himself or another or to prevent commission of forcible felony

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Big Sandy Partnership, LLC v. Branch Banking & Trust Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-02-01· cited 16×
• Edwards v. Ingles Market, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-08-20· cited 15×
• Porter v. MASSARELLI
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-24· cited 13×
• Dixon Dairy Farms, Inc. v. Conagra Feed Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-06-23· cited 6×
• Henry County Board of Education v. S. G.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-08-28· cited 5×
• Glover v. Allstate Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-11-06· cited 3×
• Telecash Investment, Inc. v. LaGrone
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-09· cited 3×
• Debardelaben v. Showbiz Pizza Time, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-03-12· cited 1×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lau's Corp., Inc. v. Haskins
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-06-27· cited 2,024×
• Prophecy Corp. v. Charles Rossignol, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-05-28· cited 517×
• Gentile v. Bower
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-09-12· cited 44×
• Daniels v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-12-03· cited 37×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-11-25· cited 15×
• Williams v. McCranie
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1921-11-18· cited 14×
• Cox v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-01-06· cited 13×
• McNeil v. Parker
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-02-06· cited 5×
• Pruitt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-01-12· cited 3×