Code v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[E]ven if justification is a defendant’s sole defense, it is not error to refuse the charge if there is no evidence to support it.”
• “Absent a transcript, we must assume the ruling of the trial court is supported by the evidence.’’
• no evidence to support charge where defendant could not have reasonably believed that use of unlawful force was imminent
• no evidence to support charge because the defendant could not have reasonably believed that use of unlawful force was imminent
• “Absent a transcript, we must assume the ruling of the trial court is supported by the evidence.”
• victim testified that his jaw was broken in two places during attack

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• McClure v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-07· cited 48×
• In the Interest of M. S. S.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-22· cited 30×
• Ferrell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-02-06· cited 16×
• Burrowes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-13· cited 16×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-11-14· cited 15×
• McPetrie v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-09-05· cited 14×
• MCCLURE v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-06-21· cited 10×
• Curtis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-05-08· cited 10×
• Burnette v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-13· cited 8×
• Adams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-10· cited 8×
• Daniels v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-03-27· cited 7×
• London v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-12-14· cited 5×
• HANDY v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-14· cited 5×
• In the Interest of C. B.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-02· cited 5×
• Reynolds v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-05· cited 4×
• Leslie v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-06-14· cited 4×
• Frasard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-22· cited 4×
• Harkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-09-11· cited 3×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-12-10· cited 1×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-05-11

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Hoover v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-02-04· cited 18×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-06-29· cited 18×
• Alexis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-01-22· cited 18×
• Porter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-05-30· cited 17×
• Hightower v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-17· cited 16×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-11-25· cited 15×
• Loden v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-05-10· cited 14×
• Ellis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-09-07· cited 11×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-05-21· cited 9×
• Early v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-10-18· cited 9×
• McKissic v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-09-27· cited 5×
• Yaeger v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-09-17· cited 5×
• Plunkett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-06-20· cited 1×