Burgess 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 “[t]here is no constitutional impediment to th[e] statutory requirement that the defendant meet a beyond a reasonable doubt standard as to the issue of mental retardation.” (Emphasis supplied.)
• holding that \[t]here is no constitutional impediment to th[e] statutory requirement that the defendant meet a beyond a reasonable doubt standard as to the issue of mental retardation.\ (Emphasis supplied.)
• requiring Simmons instruction only when State argues future dangerousness during sentencing and state law prohibits release on parole, but here defendant eligible for parole
• distinguishing Simmons v. South Carolina, 512 U. S. 154 (114 SC 2187, 129 LE2d 133) (1994
• “[I]t is clear that the intent of [Fleming v. Zant, 259 Ga. 687 (386 SE2d 339) (1989
• certified copy of conviction along with detailed testimony of an accomplice to that crime sufficient to render independent crime admissible in trial of current offense

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1995-03-08· cited 294×
• Warren Lee Hill, Jr. v. Carl Humphrey
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-11-22· cited 208×
• Barnes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-03-02· cited 180×
• McClain v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-11-12· cited 179×
• DeYoung v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-11-24· cited 174×
• Crowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-26· cited 133×
• Gissendaner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-05· cited 131×
• Waldrip v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-03-10· cited 109×
• Jenkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-02-23· cited 107×
• Braithwaite v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 95×
• Raulerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-10-06· cited 93×
• Pace v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-12-03· cited 86×
• King v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-30· cited 81×
• Greene v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-05-05· cited 79×
• Mobley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-17· cited 74×
• Palmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-06-01· cited 74×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 73×
• Bishop v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-07-16· cited 73×
• Lance v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-25· cited 70×
• Bryant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-18· cited 70×

Cites

69 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×
• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Eddings v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-19· cited 3,271×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-01· cited 827×
• Johnson v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-13· cited 792×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-12-01· cited 743×
• Isaacs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-11-30· cited 201×
• Pope v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-07-16· cited 182×
• Gamble v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-07-09· cited 179×
• Spivey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-07-02· cited 163×
• Stephens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-07-03· cited 157×
• Conner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-05-24· cited 147×
• Fleming v. Zant
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-12-01· cited 141×
• Collier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-10-30· cited 136×
• Stripling v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-02-22· cited 109×
• Ledford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-02-21· cited 108×
• Todd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-27· cited 108×
• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-10-27· cited 100×
• Moon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-11-30· cited 98×