Johnson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[R]esist[ing] [an] unlawful act . . . is not the type of provocation which demands a voluntary manslaughter charge” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• “Because the felony murder count was vacated by operation of law, [the defendant’s] contention as to this offense is moot.”
• The victim’s physical resistance against a defendant’s unlawful act “is not the type of provocation which demands a voluntary manslaughter charge.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• evidence of heated argument between defendant and victim, who approached the house of defendant’s mother uninvited and did not leave when requested, did not warrant a voluntary manslaughter charge
• “The fact that an uninvited guest approaches the defendant’s door, knocks on the door, and then does not immediately comply with a request to leave” does not constitute the provocation necessary to support voluntary manslaughter.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jivens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-12-19· cited 24×
• Charles v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-02-21· cited 16×
• O'neal v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-05-16· cited 12×
• Floyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-06-10· cited 6×
• Annunziata v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-08-21· cited 5×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-05-29· cited 5×
• Kinlaw v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-10-11· cited 4×
• Mobley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-06-22· cited 3×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-12-20· cited 2×
• State v. Leverette
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-12-20

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Malcolm v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
• Nance v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-02-28· cited 70×
• Merritt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-01-22· cited 53×
• Mills v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-10-04· cited 51×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-10-19· cited 30×
• Gresham v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-04-18· cited 15×
• Merritt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-11-12· cited 10×
• Stuckey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1957-10-11· cited 8×
• Hatney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-04-06· cited 7×