Supreme Court of Georgia· 5/6/1996
Cantrell v. State
Citations
- 469 S.E.2d 660
- 266 Ga. 700
- 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 1606
- 1996 Ga. LEXIS 224
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that in certain circumstances refusing to accept a verdict on lesser charges yields same result as requiring unanimity on greater
- explaining that Supreme Court had “no quarrel” with charge that jury “should not consider a lesser offense unless the defendant be found not guilty of the greater offense ... so long as the court does not insist upon unanimity and is willing to accept a verdict on the lesser charge”
- “Verdicts acquire their legality from return and publication.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
- cocaine possession and possession with intent to distribute
- cocaine possession and possession with intent to distribute
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Judges: Thompson, Hunstein, Sears, Hun-Stein, Carley
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54 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. LeBlancArizona Supreme Court· 1996-09-05· cited 110×
- STATE of Tennessee v. Phedrek T. DAVISTennessee Supreme Court· 2008-10-17· cited 86×
- Camphor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2000-05-01· cited 56×
- Brewer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-14· cited 54×
- Duggan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-07· cited 32×
- Kunselman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-04-17· cited 32×
- Prins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-09-14· cited 25×
- Pittman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2001-05-07· cited 23×
- Parker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-05-14· cited 20×
- State v. WatsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-07-16· cited 16×
- Giacini v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-09-01· cited 16×
- Darville v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2011-09-12· cited 16×
- Arrington v. CollinsSupreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-27· cited 16×
- Suits v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-23· cited 15×
- Stewart v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2021-05-17· cited 15×
- Turner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-22· cited 14×
- Reese v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2023-08-21· cited 12×
- Salahuddin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-17· cited 11×
- Quintana v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2003-07-11· cited 11×
- State v. NicholsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-26· cited 11×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Romine v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1986-12-02· cited 135×
- State v. OgdenCourt of Appeals of Oregon· 1978-07-05· cited 51×
- People v. RayMichigan Court of Appeals· 1972-09-27· cited 38×
- Jordan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1857-06-15· cited 35×
- State v. FreemanSupreme Court of Georgia· 1994-06-13· cited 31×
- Jones v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1988-07-01· cited 29×
- Alexander v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1981-07-07· cited 28×
- Leslie v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-02-07· cited 14×
- Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1877-01-15· cited 9×
- Cantrell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-06-05· cited 6×
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