Bradley v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that armed robbery and aggravated assault merge when the crimes are part of the same act or transaction because there is no additional element in the crime of aggravated assault
• noting that “the failure to make a meritless objection cannot amount to ineffective assistance”
• armed robbery and aggravated assault arose out of same act or transaction where defendant pointed gun at victim and immediately thereafter took money from a cigar box
• armed robbery and aggravated assault arose out of same act or transaction where defendant pointed gun at victim and immediately thereafter took money from a cigar box
• since aggravated assault with a deadly weapon does not require proof of any element that armed robbery does not, convictions for both offenses will merge if the crimes are part of the same act or transaction
• since aggravated assault with a deadly weapon does not require proof of any element that armed robbery does not, convictions for both offenses will merge if the crimes are part of the same act or transaction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Pyatt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-03-25· cited 57×
• Brittain v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-11-17· cited 57×
• Edenfield v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-17· cited 43×
• Muldrow v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-12· cited 28×
• Wallace v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-01-20· cited 22×
• Yancey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-04-29· cited 22×
• Lindsey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-16· cited 20×
• Downey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-03-07· cited 19×
• Oliphant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-16· cited 17×
• Porras v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-30· cited 17×
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-06-06· cited 17×
• Lord v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-10-09· cited 16×
• Holman v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-10-31· cited 13×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-03· cited 13×
• Cordero v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-16· cited 13×
• Chambers v. Hall, Warden
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-03-04· cited 9×
• Chambers v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-03-04· cited 8×
• Welch v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-09-28· cited 8×
• Haynes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-05-29· cited 7×
• Broyard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-02-21· cited 7×

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Williams v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 2000-04-18· cited 15,929×
• Chambers v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1973-02-21· cited 5,756×
• Kimmelman v. Morrison
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 3,502×
• Green v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-29· cited 672×
• Drinkard v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-16· cited 350×
• Wesley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 208×
• Long v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-10-04· cited 98×
• State v. Marlowe
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-11-17· cited 83×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 75×
• Lucky v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-02-08· cited 57×
• Bridges v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-05-23· cited 49×
• Stephens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-03· cited 42×
• Abdullah v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-10-06· cited 40×
• Sears v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-11-19· cited 39×
• Abernathy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-09-01· cited 35×
• Navarrete v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-28· cited 33×
• Phillips v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-15· cited 32×
• Kemp v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1970-06-09· cited 31×