Fair v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[Generally the use of force in defense of habitation is justified only where there is an unlawful entry.”
• defense of habitation statute designed to allow “homeowners to use deadly force in protecting their homes from an illegal intruder”
• evidentiary hearing on motion to disqualify co-defendant’s attorneys
• evidentiary hearing on motion to disqualify co-defendant's attorneys

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Barrett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 45×
• Nicely v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-29· cited 39×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-23· cited 33×
• Colon v. Fulton County
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-11-18· cited 32×
• U.S. Bank National Ass'n v. Gordon
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-25· cited 31×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-08-27· cited 31×
• Patton v. Vanterpool
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-16· cited 26×
• Harper v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-02-18· cited 23×
• Daker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-10-17· cited 20×
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-12-23· cited 20×
• Cordero v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-16· cited 13×
• Calmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-07-01· cited 13×
• Fleming v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-10-02· cited 12×
• Pitts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-09-09· cited 11×
• State v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-02-04· cited 9×
• In the Interest of N. M.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-07-05· cited 7×
• Evans v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-10-22· cited 6×
• The State v. Wood
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-06-30· cited 5×
• LA FONTAINE Et Al. v. SIGNATURE RESEARCH, INC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-08-02· cited 4×
• Adcock v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-23· cited 4×

Cites

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

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Dandridge v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-20· cited 3,777×
• McGowan v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1961-05-29· cited 3,439×
• United States v. Russell
  Supreme Court· 1973-04-24· cited 2,012×
• Wheat v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-30· cited 1,962×
• Tennessee v. Lane
  Supreme Court· 2004-05-17· cited 1,007×
• United States v. Feola
  Supreme Court· 1975-03-19· cited 856×
• Roberts v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-06· cited 257×
• Jimmy Lee Gray v. Eddie Lucas, Warden
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-06-10· cited 250×
• Fleming v. Zant
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-12-01· cited 141×
• City of Jesup v. Bennett
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1970-07-13· cited 103×
• Chase v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-15· cited 83×
• Fair v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-07-14· cited 82×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1955-11-15· cited 82×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-11-07· cited 64×
• Holsey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-12-02· cited 56×
• Busch v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 51×
• Cheeley v. Henderson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-06-27· cited 43×
• Goldberg v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-09-24· cited 39×