Drake v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• this Court does not have discretion to grant a new trial when evidence preponderates heavily against verdict; we can only review evidence to determine if any evidence supports verdict
• this Court does not have discretion to grant a new trial when evidence preponderates heavily against verdict; we can only review evidence to determine if any evidence supports verdict
• an appellate court does not have the discretion to grant a new trial based upon the weight of the evidence
• an appellate court does not have the discretion to grant a new trial based upon the weight of the evidence
• this Court does not have discretion to grant a new trial when evidence preponderates heavily against verdict; we can only review evidence to determine if any evidence supports verdict

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-07· cited 546×
• Henry Arthur Drake v. Ralph Kemp, Warden
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-05-31· cited 152×
• Brooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-10-30· cited 92×
• Ruffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-01-24· cited 82×
• Collins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-03-06· cited 66×
• Henry Arthur Drake v. Robert O. Francis
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-04-05· cited 53×
• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-09-07· cited 51×
• Drake v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-02-09· cited 44×
• Willis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-11-01· cited 43×
• Hardy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-02-20· cited 41×
• Cook v. Huff
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-07-16· cited 40×
• Jack Howard Potts, Cross-Appellant v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Cross-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-05-29· cited 39×
• Godfrey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-02-27· cited 39×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-09-10· cited 37×
• Alvelo v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-01-10· cited 34×
• Blalock v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-01-04· cited 33×
• DeLoach v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-10· cited 31×
• Meeker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-09-08· cited 22×
• Kilgore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-02-04· cited 21×
• Pittman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-03-13· cited 20×

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hawes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-11-28· cited 237×
• Jarrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-04-29· cited 209×
• Gregg v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-10-17· cited 190×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-02-12· cited 166×
• Pulliam v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-02-24· cited 156×
• Birt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-04-20· cited 153×
• Pryor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-04-27· cited 128×
• Floyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-11-26· cited 124×
• Berryhill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-10-28· cited 109×
• Dobbs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-02-24· cited 101×
• Corn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-11-08· cited 101×
• West v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-10-01· cited 95×
• Spivey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-06-08· cited 94×
• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-04-09· cited 90×
• Goodwin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-02-24· cited 76×
• Presnell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-03-07· cited 71×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-05-12· cited 65×
• Eubanks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-01-19· cited 60×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1966-05-05· cited 56×
• Campbell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-11-28· cited 49×