Jackson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that no voluntary manslaughter charge was warranted where “ ‘at best, [the] evidence shows that [Appellant] was attempting to repel an attack, not that he was so angered that he reacted passionately’ ” (citation omitted)
• holding that no voluntary manslaughter charge was warranted where “ ‘at best, [the] evidence shows that [Appellant] was attempting to repel an attack, not that he was so angered that he reacted passionately’ ” (citation omitted)
• holding that no voluntary manslaughter charge was warranted where “‘at best, [the] evidence shows that [Appellant] was attempting to repel an attack, not that he was so angered that he reacted passionately’” (citation omitted)
• where the evidence of guilt was overwhelming, Mallory violations failed to satisfy prejudice prong of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984)
• no prejudice arising from counsel’s failure to object to State’s comment on anticipated defense theory in opening statement where trial court instructed jury on the State’s burden of proof and that opening statements are not evidence
• trial court did not err by refusing to charge jury on voluntary manslaughter when the State’s evidence did not warrant charge and defendant’s testimony showed that he was attempting to repel attack, not that he was so angered that he reacted passionately

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Favors v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-27· cited 73×
• Bryant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-18· cited 70×
• Reynolds v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-23· cited 41×
• Ruiz v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-09· cited 38×
• Ruffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-08· cited 38×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-09-22· cited 38×
• Peterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-30· cited 34×
• Mikell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-15· cited 34×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-11-17· cited 32×
• Lampley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-30· cited 32×
• Dugger v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-05-11· cited 30×
• Hargett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-01-26· cited 25×
• Carrie v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-04· cited 25×
• Pierce v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-23· cited 24×
• Dixon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-04-07· cited 21×
• Strickland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-08-16· cited 20×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-07· cited 18×
• Martin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-24· cited 16×
• Futch v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 15×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-13· cited 15×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Mallory v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-01· cited 221×
• United States v. Larry D. Hall
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-02-16· cited 211×
• Barnes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-03-02· cited 180×
• Braithwaite v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 95×
• Myers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 68×
• Landers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-10-26· cited 51×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-09-27· cited 51×
• Rickman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-22· cited 40×
• Bell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-04-25· cited 40×
• Fortson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-04-25· cited 29×
• United States v. John Palma
  Eighth Circuit· 2007-01-18· cited 28×
• United States v. Roman
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-06-28· cited 25×
• Parker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-10-20· cited 23×