Givens v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that the right to open and close is important, and that erroneous denial of that right gives rise to presumption of harm
• recognizing that the right to open and close is important and that erroneous denial of that right gives rise to presumption of harm
• recognizing that the right to open and close is important and that erroneous denial of that right gives rise to presumption of harm
• when properly requested, trial court is required to give specific charge on State’s burden of proof with respect to an affirmative defense
• when properly requested, trial court is required to give specific charge on State's burden of proof with respect to an affirmative defense
• multiple defendants, each of whom has not presented evidence, must all be allowed to open and conclude closing argument

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Duckworth v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-11-03· cited 82×
• Hayes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-12-03· cited 65×
• Dewberry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 53×
• Speed v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-01· cited 49×
• Carswell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-10-06· cited 31×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-02-28· cited 31×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-02-24· cited 27×
• Guyton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-26· cited 25×
• Gober v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-03-30· cited 17×
• Moody v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-23· cited 17×
• Cheesman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-02-11· cited 15×
• Sheriff v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-10-06· cited 14×
• Whitehead v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-04-09· cited 14×
• Mikell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-02-01· cited 10×
• Courrier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-11-23· cited 9×
• Hendrix v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-09· cited 6×
• Andrews v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-01-28· cited 5×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-03-21· cited 5×
• Dasher v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-08-11· cited 5×
• Stephens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-06-22· cited 4×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McDuffie v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-11-05· cited 52×
• Anderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-02-27· cited 17×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-06-03· cited 15×
• Ledford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1954-02-19· cited 15×
• Givens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-11-15· cited 11×