Clark v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• instructing that, to view the text in the context in which it appears, we may look to “other provisions of the same statute” and “the structure … of the whole statute”
• providing extended discussion on the interpretation of “shall” in a statutory context as well as the appropriate remedy based on the language of the statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Greathouse
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-11-18
• Carter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-02-17
• State v. Brady Paul Jones
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-06-02

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sanchez v. Walker County Department of Family & Children Services
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-09-07· cited 101×
• Nordahl v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-03· cited 30×
• Stubbs v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-03-13· cited 26×
• Bell v. Hargrove
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-12-14· cited 16×
• Carr v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-06-18· cited 15×
• State v. Coleman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-08-19· cited 14×
• MAYS v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-04-25· cited 12×
• Martinez-Arias v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-02-15· cited 12×
• NELSON v. STRICKLAND
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-01-28· cited 2×