Supreme Court of Georgia· 7/16/1997
Bishop v. State
Citations
- 486 S.E.2d 887
- 268 Ga. 286
- 97 Fulton County D. Rep. 2605
- 1997 Ga. LEXIS 431
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that prospective juror’s initial statement that he would always vote for a death sentence did not require his disqualification in light of his responses once the bifurcated trial was explained to him
- “It was for the jury to decide whether Bishop’s mental health and history of alcohol and drug abuse were sufficiently mitigating so as to justify a life sentence.”
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Judges: Carley, Benham, Sears, Divisions, Fletcher
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49 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Joshua Daniel Bishop v. Warden, GDCPEleventh Circuit· 2013-08-08· cited 185×
- Hulett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2014-10-20· cited 125×
- Clay v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-19· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. StokesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-01· cited 116×
- Willis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2018-10-22· cited 116×
- Jenkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1998-02-23· cited 107×
- Humphreys v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-15· cited 98×
- Mullins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1999-01-19· cited 97×
- Whatley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1998-12-04· cited 92×
- Arrington v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-09· cited 91×
- Pye v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-21· cited 91×
- Butts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2001-04-30· cited 90×
- Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-01· cited 83×
- King v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-30· cited 81×
- Heidler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-02· cited 77×
- Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 73×
- Brockman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-04· cited 71×
- Nance v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2000-02-28· cited 70×
- Braley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 70×
- Ellis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2013-01-07· cited 55×
Cites
50 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court· 1985-02-26· cited 3,332×
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1983-04-25· cited 240×
- Isaacs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1989-11-30· cited 201×
- Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1986-07-16· cited 182×
- McClain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1996-11-12· cited 179×
- Spivey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1984-07-02· cited 163×
- Hobby v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1984-07-02· cited 159×
- Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1987-02-13· cited 154×
- Crowe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-26· cited 133×
- Frazier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1987-12-01· cited 124×
- Ledford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1994-02-21· cited 108×
- Todd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-27· cited 108×
- Conklin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1985-06-27· cited 105×
- Carr v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1997-02-03· cited 96×
- Ross v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1985-02-08· cited 95×
- Dick v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1980-11-05· cited 95×
- Ford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1987-09-24· cited 90×
- Burgess v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1994-12-05· cited 89×
- Henry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1995-10-16· cited 89×
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