Francis v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “words alone generally are not sufficient provocation to excite the passion necessary to give rise to voluntary manslaughter”
• noting that this Court accepts a trial court’s credibility determinations regarding testimony given at a motion for new trial hearing
• noting that this Court accepts a trial court’s credibility determinations regarding testimony given at a motion for new trial hearing
• “ ‘Though there was evidence of ongoing marital difficulties between (Francis) and (his wife) and past acts of violence committed by (his wife) against (Francis
• “malice aforethought comprises two elements: intent to kill and the absence of provocation or justification”
• “[a] trial court does not abuse its discretion in refusing to give a jury charge in the exact language requested when the charge given substantially covers the correct principles of law”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-02-07· cited 44×
• Gomez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-02-27· cited 37×
• Dent v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-02-19· cited 33×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-10-19· cited 30×
• Eubanks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-10-24· cited 24×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-06-18· cited 19×
• HOLZHEUSER v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-12· cited 14×
• Lester v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-05· cited 14×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-02-07· cited 13×
• Merritt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-11-12· cited 10×
• Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-17· cited 7×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-02-27· cited 5×
• Lucas v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-04-10· cited 3×
• Stephen Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-11· cited 2×
• Porter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-05-28· cited 1×
• Broom v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-13
• Chernard Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-17
• Robert Holzheuser v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-12
• Dickey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-05-05

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Jackson v. Denno
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 6,121×
• Moran v. Burbine
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-10· cited 3,339×
• Vega v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-09· cited 340×
• Romer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-07-01· cited 233×
• Wesley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 208×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-28· cited 85×
• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-09-10· cited 77×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-02-04· cited 56×
• Merritt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-01-22· cited 53×
• Handley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-03· cited 42×
• Bell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-04-25· cited 40×
• Williams v. Kemp
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-01-28· cited 36×
• Bunnell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-01-07· cited 31×
• Tyner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-01-13· cited 28×
• Gamble v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-09-10· cited 23×
• Durden v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-03· cited 23×
• Stewart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-01· cited 20×