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.

• “The use of excessive force or unlawful force while acting in self defense is not justifiable____”
• “The use of excessive force or unlawful force while acting in self-defense is not justifiable.”
• “The jury was entitled to accept the circumstantial evidence of an intentional act, and reject the claim that the shooting . . . was done in self defense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-22· cited 49×
• Flores v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-04-27· cited 42×
• Welbon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-09-13· cited 42×
• Pecina v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-22· cited 31×
• Pritchett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-10-04· cited 29×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-09-23· cited 22×
• Green v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-06-22· cited 21×
• Blackford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-08-22· cited 16×
• Nelson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-02-11· cited 16×
• Collins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-01-05· cited 15×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 12×
• Whittaker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-08-21· cited 11×
• Roberts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-02· cited 10×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-05-15· cited 9×
• In the Interest of Q. M. L.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-08-09· cited 9×
• Willerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-09-08· cited 9×
• Salyers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-05-05· cited 8×
• Render v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-09-19· cited 8×
• Campos v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-13· cited 8×
• Reddick v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-01-28· cited 8×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Roper v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-05-24· cited 78×
• Brannon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-05-13· cited 16×
• Willis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-09-07· cited 15×
• Clifford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-04-29· cited 14×
• Griffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-09-08· cited 11×
• Lamon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-04-25· cited 8×