Cloud v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding no Edge violation based on, inter alia, construction of jury instructions together with verdict form
• jury clearly understood it could consider voluntary manslaughter as an alternative to murder charges
• “mere fact that assailants are departing and could, theoretically, return and continue an assault does not mean that the person asserting justification is in imminent danger. [Cit.]”
• “mere fact that assailants are departing and could, theoretically, return and continue an assault does not mean that the person asserting justification is in imminent danger. [Cit.]”
• jury clearly understood it could consider voluntary manslaughter as an alternative to murder charges
• “Justification cannot be based on an assault which has ended[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Slaughter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-18· cited 29×
• Ledford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-12-01· cited 22×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-03-06· cited 20×
• Ensslin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-04-06· cited 16×
• Speziali v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-05-30· cited 15×
• Ortiz v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-04-24· cited 14×
• Grant v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-12· cited 12×
• Vanstavern v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-03· cited 9×
• Mullins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-10-03· cited 9×
• Willis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-15· cited 7×
• Rammage v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-01-27· cited 5×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-12-20· cited 2×
• State v. Leverette
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-12-20
• Early Willis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-15
• Michael Grant v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-12
• Joe Elvin Cloud v. Edward Philbin, Warden
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-03-20

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Malcolm v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 421×
• Smith v. Francis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-01-29· cited 406×
• Edge v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-02-04· cited 236×
• Collier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-07· cited 73×
• Hamilton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-11-28· cited 49×
• Chapman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-05-04· cited 43×
• Stobbart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-10· cited 38×
• Head v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-02-25· cited 37×
• Nix v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-01-17· cited 35×
• Roscoe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-07· cited 20×
• Quillian v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-10-03· cited 17×
• Carter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-17· cited 10×
• Terry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-06-21· cited 9×
• Arnold v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-02-01· cited 8×