Jones v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• defendant’s drug use relevant to show underlying family friction that led to defendant’s assault on his mother and brother
• defendant’s drug use relevant to show underlying family friction that led to assault although motive not essential element of the crime charged
• A defendant’s prior substance abuse is admissible as prior difficulties testimony when it explains the friction in the relationship between the victim and the defendant that led to the crime.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Anderson v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-07-06· cited 12×
• Billington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-01-25· cited 7×
• Dyer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-06-12· cited 5×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-12· cited 3×
• Ector v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-09· cited 1×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-06-01· cited 183×
• Holcomb v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-05-12· cited 95×
• Mallory v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-06-01· cited 48×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-12-01· cited 24×
• Cook v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-03-25· cited 23×
• Shelton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-08-01· cited 20×
• Kennedy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-22· cited 19×
• Hayward v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-11-22· cited 10×