Henderson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “It is more probable that a person will act in accordance with his character [disposition] than that he will act contrary to it”
• “A single act may have been exceptional, unusual, and not characteristic and thus a specific act does not necessarily establish one’s general character . . .”
• “It is unlawful to murder a violent and ferocious person, just as it is unlawful to murder a nonviolent and inoffensive person.”
• trial court erred when it refused to deliver charge on record showing slight evidence of provocation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Engle v. Isaac
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-21· cited 3,714×
• State v. Acosta
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-05-24· cited 168×
• Chandler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-07-03· cited 147×
• M. W. Holloway v. Clay E. McElroy Warden
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-01-12· cited 124×
• Robert Dale Conklin v. Derrick Schofield
  Eleventh Circuit· 2004-04-21· cited 109×
• Conklin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-06-27· cited 105×
• Larry Eugene Moon v. Frederick J. Head
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-03-18· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Adjutant
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-03-14· cited 78×
• State v. Kirtley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-11-28· cited 78×
• Aldridge v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-03-02· cited 77×
• State v. Jacoby
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-12-21· cited 76×
• Lance v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-25· cited 70×
• State v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-05-05· cited 66×
• Milton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-01-04· cited 63×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-09-08· cited 61×
• State v. Waller
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1991-09-10· cited 59×
• State v. Miranda
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-09-12· cited 53×
• State of Iowa v. Antoine Tyree Williams
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2019-05-24· cited 53×
• Lolley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-11-09· cited 47×
• Brooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-06-29· cited 45×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Joyner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1951-10-10· cited 139×
• Andrews v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1903-04-06· cited 69×
• Sims v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-04-17· cited 40×
• Banks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1971-05-06· cited 33×
• Black v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-05-10· cited 30×
• Dannenberg v. Berkner
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1903-11-03· cited 8×