Blocker v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• defendant pointed gun and ordered victim to kneel, causing reasonable apprehension of injury; then defendant demanded victim’s property
• separate and distinct acts supported separate convictions for two sequential, but separate crimes against the same victim
• defendant pointed gun and ordered victim to kneel, causing reasonable apprehension of injury; then defendant demanded victim’s property
• aggravated assault conviction did not merge into armed robbery conviction where defendant pointed gun at victim and ordered him to kneel, causing reasonable apprehension of injury; then defendant demanded victim’s property
• aggravated assault conviction did not merge into armed robbery conviction where defendant pointed gun at victim and ordered him to kneel, causing reasonable apprehension of injury; then defendant demanded victim's property
• attorney’s decision to refrain from impeaching witness on cross-examination because he feared it would open the door to additional evidence, unfavorable to his client, constituted a reasonable strategic decision

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Young v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-03-21· cited 24×
• Bunkley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-24· cited 19×
• Mercer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-02-14· cited 14×
• Noble v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-07· cited 12×
• Adcock v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-05-18· cited 12×
• Edwards v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-05-04· cited 11×
• Steverson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-12-14· cited 10×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-04-21· cited 9×
• Olarte v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-04-22· cited 7×
• Reed v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-09-03· cited 6×
• Ransom v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-06-16· cited 6×
• Engrisch v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-03· cited 5×
• Gonzalez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-01· cited 5×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-21· cited 3×
• Garland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-02-19· cited 3×
• King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-02-21· cited 2×
• Travion Willis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-04-20
• Eddie James King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-02-21

Cites

21 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×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-02-05· cited 102×
• Castillo v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-05-19· cited 62×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-22· cited 49×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-06-11· cited 33×
• Coggins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-09-16· cited 32×
• Aleman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-25· cited 30×
• Green v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-10-19· cited 29×
• State v. Diamond
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-09-19· cited 26×
• Gaither v. Cannida
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-10-05· cited 26×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-09-12· cited 24×
• Sewell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-10-27· cited 21×
• Shelton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-08-01· cited 20×
• Igidi v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-09-18· cited 15×
• Golden v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-07-30· cited 13×
• Brinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-05-17· cited 6×
• Cecil v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-09-03· cited 5×
• Webb v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-07-23· cited 5×
• Walton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-07-10· cited 4×
• Bailey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-09-11· cited 4×