Bell v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “No question of fact was at issue in this special plea in bar, so it was unnecessary to have a jury hear the plea.”
• “No question of fact was at issue in this special plea in bar [asserting double jeopardy], so it was unnecessary to have a jury hear the plea.”
• “[I]f the victim of a felony dies as a result of that felony after a defendant has already been convicted of the felony, double jeopardy considerations do not prevent a subsequent prosecution for felony-murder”
• “[I]f the victim of a felony dies as a result of that felony after a defendant has already been convicted of the felony, double jeop- ardy considerations do not prevent a subsequent prosecution for felony-murder.”
• “[W]here the State sought to prosecute a defendant on two offenses in a single prosecution, one of which is included in the other, and the defendant receives a mistrial on the greater offense, the remaining conviction of the lesser offense does not bar retrial of the greater offense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jenkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-11-08· cited 71×
• Prater v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-02-08· cited 42×
• Mauk v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1992-04-29· cited 22×
• Harrell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-06-12· cited 13×
• Rower v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-07-15· cited 13×
• Hughes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1983-09-02· cited 11×
• State v. LeMay
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-02-15· cited 10×
• State v. Fowler
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-05-19· cited 8×
• Huff v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-03-09· cited 5×
• Rainey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-07-01· cited 4×
• Randolph v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 4×
• Vineyard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-05-29· cited 3×
• Ellis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-09-28
• Bramblett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-09-09
• Buchalla v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-06-16

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Atkins v. Hopper
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-05-06· cited 55×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-05-28· cited 50×
• Keener v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-11-03· cited 47×
• Daniels v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1886-10-26· cited 25×
• Cameron v. Caldwell
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-09-03· cited 21×
• Lovett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1888-01-25· cited 18×
• Lowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-02-21· cited 15×