Harris v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a fundamental rule of statutory construction requires the avoidance of a construction that makes some language mere surplusage
• stating that a fundamental rule of statutory construction requires the avoidance of a construction that makes some language mere surplusage
• applying principles of statutory construction to Title 16’s various definitions of “motor vehicle”
• looking beyond the specific provision at issue to the statutory scheme as a whole

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Martinez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-21· cited 79×
• Haley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-07-08· cited 42×
• Fair v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-22· cited 40×
• Singletary v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-06· cited 39×
• McNair v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-07-01· cited 32×
• Warren v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-02-24· cited 31×
• Allaben v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-11-25· cited 31×
• Walker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-10-07· cited 24×
• Hedden v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-18· cited 23×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-30· cited 23×
• Dimauro v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-05-26· cited 14×
• Rutter v. Rutter
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-07-13· cited 13×
• Spalding County Board of Elections v. McCord
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-10-04· cited 9×
• Eagle West, LLC v. Georgia Department of Transportation
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-11-28· cited 9×
• Gordon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-22· cited 9×
• Levin v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-10-06· cited 8×
• Rollf v. Carter
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-03-07· cited 7×
• Higdon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-29· cited 6×
• Sutton v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-09-28· cited 5×
• State v. Brown
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2023-10-13· cited 5×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Adamo Wrecking Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-01-10· cited 210×
• Abdulkadir v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-03-07· cited 60×
• Currid v. DeKalb State Court Probation Department
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-03-23· cited 51×
• Haugen v. Henry County
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-03-01· cited 48×
• Higdon v. City of Senoia
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-30· cited 33×
• Sanders v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-02· cited 30×
• Fleet Finance, Inc. v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-06-14· cited 27×
• Retention Alternatives, Ltd. v. Hayward
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-01· cited 26×
• Queen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-03-01· cited 25×
• Simpson v. Reed
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-02-22· cited 20×
• Aldridge v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-06-02· cited 16×
• Hammett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-10-06· cited 15×
• Fainter v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2005-11-01· cited 15×
• Browning v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-03-01· cited 12×
• Coker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-13· cited 12×
• Norwood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-02-11· cited 10×
• Martin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-09-03· cited 10×
• Tippins Bank & Trust Co. v. Southern General Insurance
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-12-04· cited 9×
• Barron v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-13· cited 5×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-27· cited 4×