Cotton v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a pro se motion for new trial while represented was “unauthorized and without effect”
• no error in failing to excuse jury panel where trial court inquired whether errant remark had affected remaining jurors’ impartiality
• “Since he was represented by new appellate counsel at the time he filed this pro se motion, however, it was unauthorized and without effect.” (emphasis added)
• no error in failing to excuse jury panel where trial court inquired whether errant remark had affected remaining jurors’ impartiality
• “because of the jurors’ difficulty in distinguishing between felony murder and voluntary manslaughter, providing them with written instructions was particularly appropriate”
• “because of the jurors’ difficulty in distinguishing between felony murder and voluntary manslaughter, providing them with written instructions was particularly appropriate.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Tolbert v. Toole
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-17· cited 171×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-16· cited 90×
• Lupoe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-11-03· cited 86×
• Heywood v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-28· cited 49×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-03-15· cited 45×
• Chrysler Grp. LLC v. Walden
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-15· cited 39×
• CHRYSLER GROUP LLC v. WALDEN
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-15· cited 38×
• Williams v. Moody
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-07-05· cited 33×
• Pounds v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-07-01· cited 33×
• Patton v. Vanterpool
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-16· cited 26×
• Belmar v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-10-24· cited 22×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-26· cited 21×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-07-07· cited 18×
• Dos Santos v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-21· cited 18×
• MacK v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-01-04· cited 17×
• SARRATT v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-10· cited 15×
• Johnson v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-03-01· cited 15×
• McDonald v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-02· cited 14×
• Griffith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-07-30· cited 13×
• Bowden v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-05-03· cited 11×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Cargill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-03-18· cited 172×
• Farley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-30· cited 109×
• State v. Belt
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-21· cited 86×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-05-13· cited 57×
• Sharpe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-05-30· cited 56×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-01-22· cited 51×
• Anderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-02-28· cited 47×
• Bailey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-05-31· cited 38×
• Elrod v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-09-10· cited 29×
• Wallace v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-01-10· cited 28×
• Seagraves v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-03-02· cited 24×
• Gentry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-04-05· cited 15×
• Jordan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-02-22· cited 11×