Kimbrough v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• disapproving Moore to the extent that it may be read as precluding a life without parole sentence in cases where the recidivist-sentencing statutes require a sentence of life without parole
• explaining that a sentence of life without the possibility of parole was permitted for a murder committed before 2009 only if the State noticed its intent to seek the death penalty or if the defendant was subject to recidivist sentencing under OCGA § 17-10-7 (b)
• denying void sentence claim on the merits instead of dismissing it
• “In 2009, the General Assembly amended the murder statute, OCGA § 16-5-1, to authorize a sentence of life without parole for all murders committed on or after April 29, 2009.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Blackwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-01-29· cited 39×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-04-18· cited 18×
• Bihlear v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-05-10· cited 6×
• Turner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-04-20· cited 6×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-03-13· cited 5×
• Parks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-04-29· cited 4×
• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-09-07· cited 4×
• Brant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-24· cited 3×
• James Otis Burden v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-10-11
• Anthony Leon Estes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-11-14
• Estuardo Canales v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-06-15
• BLACKWELL v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-01-29
• Shedrick Deshay Ross v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-04-15
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-08-12
• Kelvin Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-06-21
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-04-21
• Sellers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-01-05
• Stephon Clemons v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-05-18

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Heywood v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-28· cited 49×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-09-19· cited 41×
• Ortiz v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-06-03· cited 40×
• Funderburk v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-05-05· cited 26×
• State v. Ingram
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-03-04· cited 23×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-03-17· cited 20×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-07-10· cited 19×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-10-07· cited 16×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-04-24· cited 14×
• Redden v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-11-26· cited 12×
• State v. Velazquez
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-02-25· cited 12×
• Shields v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-11-19· cited 10×
• Kimbrough v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-04-24· cited 4×
• Hyde v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-05-23· cited 4×