Gravitt v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• no error in refusing to give justification charge because there was no evidence of present and immediate violence at the time of the charged crime
• justification not allowed as a defense where only danger was the possibility of \future retribution\ and not \present and immediate violence at the time of the homicide\
• justification not allowed as a defense where only danger was the possibility of “future retribution” and not “present and immediate violence at the time of the homicide”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Allen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-27· cited 32×
• Brower v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-02· cited 24×
• Davenport v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-28· cited 21×
• Pickle v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-07-14· cited 10×
• Sessions v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-08-27· cited 5×
• Morgan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 4×
• Frasard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-22· cited 4×
• Branton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-06-19· cited 1×

Cites

9 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×
• Tarvestad v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-10-18· cited 103×
• Conaway v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-11-26· cited 58×
• Hoover v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-02-04· cited 18×
• Porter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-05-30· cited 17×
• Graham v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-07-29· cited 14×
• Kelly v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-04-29· cited 10×
• Luther v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-04-29· cited 7×