Cain v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that the defendant would not be guilty if the negligent act of the deceased was the sole proximate cause of his death, as in the case of a self-inflicted wound or injury
• if the defendant’s criminal negligence “is found to be the cause of the death, he is criminally responsible, whether or not the decedent’s failure to use due care contributed to the injury”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-28· cited 177×
• Bell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1938-03-10· cited 103×
• Zirkle v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-09-07· cited 85×
• Wren v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-04-14· cited 50×
• Gulf Oil Corporation v. Stanfield
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1957-07-03· cited 39×
• People v. Pociask
  California Supreme Court· 1939-11-30· cited 38×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-02-22· cited 35×
• State v. Mondor
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-28· cited 33×
• People v. Rodriguez
  California Court of Appeal· 1960-11-16· cited 32×
• McIver v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-06-30· cited 29×
• Miller v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-02-22· cited 27×
• McKinney v. Burke
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1963-10-17· cited 25×
• Eubanks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-10-24· cited 24×
• Cammons v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1939-03-15· cited 23×
• Phillips v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1942-04-27· cited 21×
• Payne v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-04-19· cited 20×
• United States v. Russell
  United States Court of Military Appeals· 1954-02-05· cited 19×
• Croker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1938-05-04· cited 17×
• Kirk v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-10-13· cited 17×
• Seymour v. City of Elberton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1942-04-14· cited 15×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Andrews & Co. v. Kinsel
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1901-12-12· cited 80×
• State v. Custer
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1929-12-07· cited 38×
• Tift v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1916-02-18· cited 29×
• Central Railroad v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1878-08-15· cited 16×
• Carbo v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1908-07-31· cited 15×
• Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum v. Quarles
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1918-11-23· cited 9×
• Cochran v. Kendrick
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1931-04-01· cited 8×
• Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Leslie
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1934-01-31· cited 8×
• Prince v. State
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 1919-11-06· cited 5×