Brown v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• ££ £[a]n affirmative defense is a defense that admits the doing of the act charged but seeks to justify, excuse, or mitigate it’ ”
• in criminal case, although justification is an affirmative defense, the State must disprove that defense
• “An affirmative defense is a defense that admits the doing of the act charged but seeks to justify, excuse or mitigate it.”
• “ ‘An affirmative defense is a defense that admits the doing of the act charged but seeks to justify, excuse, or mitigate it. Once the issue of an affirmative defense is raised, the burden is on the state to disprove it beyond a reasonable doubt.’ ”

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Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-04-19· cited 63×
• McClure v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-07· cited 48×
• Code v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-05-20· cited 26×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-01· cited 20×
• Bacon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-04-24· cited 16×
• Bruscato v. O'BRIEN
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-12-01· cited 14×
• Kelley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-11-09· cited 10×
• Bell v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-06-19· cited 8×
• Frasier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-20· cited 7×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-03-10· cited 4×
• Scott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-07-31· cited 3×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Daniels v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-06-06· cited 6×
• Stevens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-07-15· cited 4×