In Re Jefferson

How courts have described this case

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

• “‘Like all crimes, [criminal] contempt has an act requirement (actus reus) and a mental component (mens rea).’” (citation omitted)
• where contempt judgment was rendered without the benefit of the standard enunciated therein, the appropriate course was to remand the case to the trial court for its consideration in conformity therewith

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cousins v. MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-02· cited 16×
• Smith v. Pace
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2010-05-11· cited 15×
• Daddario v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-31· cited 11×
• Cabiness v. Lambros
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-29· cited 9×
• In Re Hatfield
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-07· cited 9×
• In Re Hughes
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-14· cited 6×
• Newton v. GOLDEN GROVE PECAN FARM
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-06-03· cited 6×
• Wilson v. McNeely
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-12-01· cited 5×
• In Re Williams.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-08-15· cited 4×
• In Re SPRAYBERRY
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 3×
• In the Interest of K. J. Et Al., Children
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-03-02· cited 2×
• In Re Jefferson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-02
• In Re Clarissa Lightfoot
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-02-16
• In Re Francys Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-06-30
• In Re Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-09-23
• In Re Jason Adams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-03-13

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bloom v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 1,167×
• In Re McConnell
  Supreme Court· 1962-06-18· cited 222×
• In Re Little
  Supreme Court· 1972-01-24· cited 176×
• Bradley v. State ex rel. Solicitor-General
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1900-07-10· cited 66×
• Garland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-01-09· cited 31×
• Crudup v. State of Georgia
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1962-09-27· cited 22×
• State v. Boyd
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-04-03· cited 20×
• In Re Burton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-09-20· cited 16×
• White v. State of Georgia
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1962-09-21· cited 9×
• In Re McLarty
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-10-31· cited 8×
• State v. Harper
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-02-06· cited 7×
• Salem v. State of Georgia
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1960-06-09· cited 6×
• In Re Jefferson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-30· cited 4×
• Calhoun v. Findley
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-10-26· cited 3×