Edmonds v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “In order for a potential juror to be excused for cause, see OCGA § 15-12-164 (a
• defendant presented his justification defense through his custodial statement and testimony that the victims attacked him and he feared for his life
• even assuming that a legal principle, which pertained to defendant’s sole defense, was in issue, the failure to specifically charge on that principle did not require reversal because the defendant’s defense was nevertheless fairly presented to the jury
• even assuming that a legal principal, which pertained to defendant’s sole defense, was in issue, the failure to specifically charge on that principle did not require reversal because the defendant’s defense was nevertheless fairly presented to the jury
• “[E] ven assuming that retreat was in issue and [the defendant’s] sole defense was self-defense, the failure to charge on the lack of duty to retreat would not require reversal because [the defendant’s] defense of self-defense was fairly presented to the jury.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Shaw v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-05-06· cited 147×
• Alvelo v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-27· cited 65×
• Hoffler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-04· cited 41×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-28· cited 24×
• Gibson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-05-19· cited 17×
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-06-06· cited 17×
• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-03-28· cited 16×
• DELEON v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-03· cited 15×
• Brunson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-17· cited 14×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-06-22· cited 12×
• Whittaker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-08-21· cited 11×
• Parks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-09-07· cited 9×
• Presley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-02-22· cited 7×
• Parrott v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-03· cited 7×
• Sewell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-01-14· cited 6×
• Beard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-12-19· cited 6×
• Ogletree v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-03· cited 4×
• Randall Floyd Ogletree v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-03

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-02· cited 243×
• Whitlock v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-06-21· cited 133×
• James v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-01· cited 53×
• Speed v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-01· cited 49×
• Corza v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-20· cited 46×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-05-15· cited 46×
• Graham v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-06-24· cited 39×
• Kirkland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-11· cited 37×
• Carter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-05-04· cited 30×
• Stewart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-06-04· cited 16×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-04-23· cited 14×
• Miller v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-08-10· cited 11×