Height v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• evidence reflecting poorly on defendant’s character was admissible to show “the falsity of his specific testimony”
• “Voluntary intoxication is not a defense to a crime unless such intoxication has resulted in the alteration of the brain function so as to negate intent. Even then, the brain function alteration must he more than temporary.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Howard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-09-26· cited 9×
• St. Romaine v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-08-15· cited 8×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-05-27· cited 7×
• Nashid v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-12-09· cited 4×
• Brownlee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-07· cited 4×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-10-29· cited 2×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-01-15· cited 2×
• Meeks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-07-19· cited 1×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-01· cited 827×
• Horton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-09-07· cited 29×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-03-16· cited 20×
• Alvin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-01-29· cited 16×
• Metts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-09-08· cited 12×
• Self v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-04-05· cited 12×
• Lloyd v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-09-02· cited 12×
• Thrasher v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-06-02· cited 9×
• Gaither v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-01-10· cited 5×
• Hobbs v. Arthur
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-09-02· cited 1×