Bennett v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding involuntary- manslaughter charge was not warranted when defendant admitted he intentionally fired a gun in the direction of the victim
• involuntary manslaughter charge not warranted where defendant admitted he intentionally fired a gun in the direction of the victim
• involuntary manslaughter charge not warranted where defendant admitted he intentionally fired a gun in the direction of the victim
• such evidence is inadmissible to prove the character of the victim for violence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Chandler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-07-03· cited 147×
• Larry Eugene Moon v. Frederick J. Head
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-03-18· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Adjutant
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-03-14· cited 78×
• Lolley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-11-09· cited 47×
• Chapman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-05-04· cited 43×
• Woods v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-02-09· cited 39×
• Perguson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-04-10· cited 38×
• O'TOOLE v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-10-26· cited 31×
• Chapman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-10-04· cited 30×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-13· cited 26×
• Watkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-11-28· cited 21×
• Hines v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-01-27· cited 19×
• Mattox v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-05-30· cited 17×
• Osborne v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-10-06· cited 16×
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-06-02· cited 14×
• Rushin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-09-12· cited 13×
• Hanson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-10-07· cited 10×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-08-14· cited 10×
• Watkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-04-04· cited 9×
• King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-02-03· cited 8×

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Doyle v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-17· cited 4,773×
• Fletcher v. Weir
  Supreme Court· 1982-03-23· cited 749×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-12-01· cited 743×
• Wilson v. Zant
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-04-21· cited 132×
• Durden v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-11-16· cited 129×
• Henderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-02· cited 106×
• Burger v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-03-14· cited 65×
• Milton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-01-04· cited 63×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-10-05· cited 60×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-09-24· cited 45×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-02-10· cited 44×
• Washington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-07-08· cited 39×
• Ward v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-01-25· cited 26×
• Music v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-12-05· cited 25×
• Harrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-01-04· cited 21×
• Cooper v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-02-17· cited 17×
• Maynor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-04-18· cited 15×
• Tillman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1911-03-14· cited 13×