DARYL DRISKELL v. DOUGHERTY COUNTY, GEORGIA

How courts have described this case

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

• “[Djeadly force” is “force intended or likely to cause death or serious bodily harm.” (emphasis added)
• “[D]eadly force” is “force intended or likely to cause death or serious bodily harm.” (emphasis added)
• Commonwealth not required to inform grand jury as to lesser included offense for which it seeks indictment, unless requested
• “If the grand jurors had asked for instructions ... the prosecutor should have provided the appropriate information”
• the law of trespass is “a guide” to determine whether the victim was unlawfully in a dwelling
• judge’s failure to instruct on the use of nondeadly force in response to reasonable fear for safety created a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).