Curry v. State

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• victim drew gun on Curry, and, according to Curry’s testimony, the gun accidentally discharged, killing the victim; we held that law of killing in self-defense did not apply; that killing was either murder or accident
• victim drew gun on Curry, and, according to Curry's testimony, the gun accidentally discharged, killing the victim; we held that law of killing in self-defense did not apply; that killing was either murder or accident

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Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Clark v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-06-21· cited 74×
• Turner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-07-16· cited 54×
• Griffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1937-02-10· cited 50×
• Koritta v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-01-10· cited 41×
• Stout v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1968-04-22· cited 20×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1951-09-10· cited 16×
• Rawls v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1925-06-24· cited 10×
• Dobbs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-07-11· cited 7×
• State v. Sprague
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1978-11-08· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Turner
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-04-13· cited 5×
• Jordon v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1964-09-28· cited 5×
• Turner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1953-02-09· cited 4×
• Stout v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1969-04-01· cited 3×
• Saylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1956-05-16· cited 1×
• Fields v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1953-04-10
• Aaron v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1959-03-11

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Owens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-06-08· cited 115×
• Futch v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1892-10-12· cited 77×
• Pool v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1891-07-13· cited 24×
• Perkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1905-11-08· cited 12×
• Roberts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1912-11-13· cited 8×
• Wallace v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1894-10-08· cited 5×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1913-08-12· cited 2×