Cottingham v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• adherence to policy in determination of matter within court’s discretion amounts to refusal to exercise discretion and abdication of judicial responsibility
• standard for reviewing denial of directed verdict of acquittal is same as for reviewing sufficiency of evidence
• “Because of the broad discretion in sentencing vested in trial courts, it is the duty of the courts to exercise that discretion as to all aspects of sentences they impose.”
• mechanical sentencing an abdication of judicial responsibility for refusal to exercise discretionary sentencing authority
• use of mechanical sentencing formula is abdication of judicial responsibility
• use of mechanical sentencing formula is abdication of judicial responsibility

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Walton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-03-17· cited 51×
• Jefferson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-07-16· cited 40×
• Perguson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-04-10· cited 38×
• Syfrett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-08-20· cited 27×
• Wilson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-07-16· cited 25×
• Worley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-06· cited 24×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-04-13· cited 21×
• Blige v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-05-26· cited 19×
• State v. Murphy
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2014-11-05· cited 19×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-04-12· cited 17×
• Flanagan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-09-27· cited 17×
• Lindo v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-15· cited 13×
• Mika v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-07-16· cited 13×
• Trujillo v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-07-07· cited 13×
• John Doe v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-09-06· cited 13×
• Hogan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-08-24· cited 11×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-06-13· cited 10×
• Gonzalez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-01-25· cited 9×
• Hill v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-01-29· cited 8×
• McQueen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-10-03· cited 8×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Jackson v. Denno
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 6,121×
• Rhode Island v. Innis
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 5,571×
• Snyder v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-09-03· cited 46×
• Slack v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-07-08· cited 26×
• Hibbert v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-03-16· cited 19×
• Grimes v. Greer
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1967-09-21· cited 16×
• Taylor v. Green
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1972-05-18· cited 8×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-09-03· cited 7×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-02-24· cited 6×
• Wheeler v. Jernigan
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-10-14· cited 6×
• Bagby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-03-03· cited 5×
• Daughtrey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-04-29· cited 4×