Supreme Court of Georgia· 6/12/2006
Buttram v. State
Citations
- 631 S.E.2d 642
- 280 Ga. 595
- 2006 Fulton County D. Rep. 1849
- 2006 Ga. LEXIS 405
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \It is not error to refuse to include voluntary manslaughter on the verdict form where the court instructs the jury on voluntary manslaughter.\
- “It is not error to refuse to include voluntary manslaughter on the verdict form where the court instructs the jury on voluntary manslaughter.”
- “It is not error to refuse to include voluntary manslaughter on the verdict form where the court instructs the jury on voluntary manslaughter.”
- “It is not error to refuse to include voluntary manslaughter on the verdict form where the court instructs the jury on voluntary manslaughter.”
- The court’s final instructions to the jury included that no ruling or comment the court had made was “intended to express any opinion upon the facts of the case, upon the credibility of the witnesses, upon the evidence, or upon the guilt or innocence of the defendants.”
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Judges: Melton
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24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Teal v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2007-06-25· cited 74×
- Butler v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2012-01-23· cited 58×
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-28· cited 55×
- Leeks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2015-02-16· cited 32×
- Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-05· cited 27×
- Payne v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-26· cited 19×
- Thomason v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2006-11-06· cited 19×
- Lawton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2007-01-08· cited 17×
- Daniels v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2017-09-13· cited 15×
- Wilkerson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-23· cited 14×
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2007-09-24· cited 14×
- Atkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-19· cited 14×
- Hernandez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-24· cited 12×
- Bonner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2014-03-28· cited 11×
- Whittaker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2023-08-21· cited 11×
- Parks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-11-18· cited 10×
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2018-04-16· cited 9×
- Richard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2006-11-06· cited 7×
- Hammond v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-26· cited 7×
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-11-01· cited 7×
Cites
35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
- Bright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-17· cited 143×
- Lajara v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1993-10-18· cited 126×
- Thaxton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1990-05-02· cited 96×
- Greene v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1997-05-05· cited 79×
- Phagan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1997-07-16· cited 75×
- Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-19· cited 75×
- Kolokouris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 71×
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1997-09-15· cited 69×
- Wayne v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1998-02-02· cited 67×
- Kelly v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1996-11-04· cited 60×
- Cammon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1998-05-18· cited 44×
- Ward v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1999-09-13· cited 44×
- Baugh v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2003-07-10· cited 39×
- Rowe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2003-06-09· cited 38×
- Preston v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1987-04-08· cited 34×
- McCoy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2001-03-28· cited 28×
- Somchith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2000-03-06· cited 26×
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