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.

• jury instruction was not clear and obvious error when it “was a correct statement of the law inasmuch as it set[ ] forth verbatim” the applicable statutory language
• Where the “remaining charges merged [with the defendant’s malice murder charge] as a matter of fact, there was no reason for the trial court to sentence [the defendant] on any conviction other than malice murder.”
• court’s sua sponte instruction on criminal negligence in malice murder case not plain error where jury was informed of crime as charged in the indictment, the elements of the crime, and that the State had the burden to prove each element beyond a reasonable doubt

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 19×
• Martin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-08-19· cited 15×
• McGee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-03· cited 13×
• Thaddeus Howell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-02-18· cited 9×
• SLAUGHTER v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-05-18· cited 2×
• Myers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-07-05· cited 1×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-10-15· cited 1×
• Staley v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-12-25
• Driskell v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-10-06
• Laronda Jamese Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-03-13

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Malcolm v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
• State v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-07· cited 546×
• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-11-05· cited 210×
• Pruitt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-05-14· cited 124×
• Hoehn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-03· cited 7×
• Donald v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-09-20· cited 2×