Gonzales 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 where a trial court enters an order of nolle prosequi on mistried, dead-docketed counts, this “finally resolv[es]” them
• even though an unauthorized notice of appeal does not deprive the trial court of jurisdiction, the question of whether or not a notice of appeal was authorized is determined by the appellate court and a trial court acts at its peril following the filing of a notice of appeal
• “When Georgia law is clear — and here it is — our task is merely to apply it. . . . a court’s task is to discern and apply the law’s plain meaning as faithfully as we can, not to assess the consequences of each approach and adopt the one that produces the least mischief.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Howard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-05-29· cited 8×
• City of Winder v. Barrow County
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-03-05· cited 8×
• Blash v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-02-20· cited 8×
• Oskouei v. Matthews
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-02-18· cited 7×
• Gonzalez v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-10-22· cited 4×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-05-06· cited 4×
• VANTAGE CANCER CENTERS OF GEORGIA, LLC v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH (Three Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-02-20· cited 3×
• Richard Johnston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-01-29
• Steven Noel Turner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-04-11
• Drevoisier Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-07-17
• Derrick Christopher Hughey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-08-09
• Richard Gooddine v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-06-03
• Richard Johnston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-09-25
• Leonard Antonio Tate-Jesurum v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-06-22
• State v. Raymond Dayshan Jackson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-09-13
• Armondo Martinez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-10-03
• Austin Tybre Ford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-07-11
• Kim Camille Florence v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-12-12
• James Fields v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-04-17

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Drinkard v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-16· cited 350×
• Vega v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-09· cited 340×
• Dixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-12-11· cited 191×
• Tolbert v. Toole
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-17· cited 171×
• Islamkhan v. Khan
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-06-20· cited 80×
• Gillen v. Bostick
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-04-29· cited 77×
• Southall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-01-23· cited 68×
• Seals v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-06-18· cited 62×
• Jones v. Peach Trader Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-31· cited 49×
• Avren v. Garten
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-05-16· cited 34×
• Schoicket v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-11-02· cited 29×
• Jenkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-02-24· cited 27×
• Brown v. Fokes Properties 2002, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-02-25· cited 26×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-11-21· cited 25×
• Woods v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-02-07· cited 23×
• Georgia Interlocal Risk Management Agency v. City of Sandy Springs
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-05-24· cited 22×
• Sanders v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-02-15· cited 14×
• Hounkpatin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-05-17· cited 12×
• Southeastern Wholesale Furniture Co. v. Atlanta Metallic Casket Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1951-06-14· cited 11×