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.

• noting that “the offense of hijacking a motor vehicle is concluded when possession of the motor vehicle is attained”
• noting that “the offense of hijacking a motor vehicle is concluded when possession of the motor vehicle is attained”
• applying dictionary definition to ascertain meaning of the word \obtain\ in a criminal statute
• relying on dictionary definitions of the word “obtain” in the hijacking statute because the statute does not define the word and it is not a term of art or technical term
• state’s failure to prove predicate felony, hijacking, resulted in reversal of possession of firearm conviction
• state’s failure to prove predicate felony, hijacking, resulted in reversal of possession of firearm conviction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In re Anthem, Inc. Data Breach Litigation
  N.D. California· 2016-02-14· cited 49×
• Keaton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-14· cited 11×
• Gordon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-22· cited 9×
• Cobarrubias-Garcia v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-07-11· cited 9×
• Casey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-11-12· cited 8×
• GRACE v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-09-27· cited 7×
• Bradford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-06-18· cited 7×
• Anderson v. the State.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-12-27· cited 6×
• Attaway v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-05-20· cited 4×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-02-03· cited 3×
• WEAVER v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-28· cited 2×
• Blue v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-21· cited 2×
• CATOOSA COUNTY, GEORGIA v. ROME NEWS MEDIA, LLC D/B/A CATOOSA COUNTY NEWS
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-03-21
• Moline Saintpaul v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-02-16
• Cj Ward v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-09-12
• John Gordon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-22
• Alfonso Cobarrubias Garcia v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-07-11
• Toledo Junius Bradford, Jr. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-06-18
• Roger F. Kahn v. Daniel Lamar Britt, Jr.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-11-17
• Derek Lamont Blue v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-21

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-06-18· cited 261×
• Fair v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-07-14· cited 82×
• Vines v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-05-18· cited 63×
• Bruce v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-10-24· cited 60×
• Abdulkadir v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-03-07· cited 60×
• State v. Mulkey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-02-21· cited 52×
• Landers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-10-26· cited 51×
• Prater v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-02-08· cited 42×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-23· cited 38×
• King v. Waters
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-06-28· cited 31×
• Heard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-07-12· cited 30×
• Turner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-02-15· cited 25×
• Espinosa v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-02-22· cited 24×
• State v. Langlands
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-06-30· cited 22×
• State v. Kell
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-02-24· cited 20×
• Land v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-02-25· cited 20×
• Mullins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-05-13· cited 19×
• Culver v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-02-22· cited 19×