Kirby v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• fist and feet generally are not deadly weapons under state's aggravated assault statute; however, depending on the manner and means of use, they may be found to be a deadly weapon by the trier of fact
• “Although fists and feet are not considered deadly weapons . . . , they may be found to be a deadly weapon by the jury depending on the manner and means of their use, the wounds inflicted, etc[.]”
• fists and feet as deadly weapons

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Aguilar
  California Supreme Court· 1997-11-17· cited 307×
• State v. Gordon
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1989-07-18· cited 105×
• State v. Davis
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-10-05· cited 64×
• Boling v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-12-05· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Marrero
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-12-11· cited 29×
• Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance v. Rhee
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-10-21· cited 26×
• Wright v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-09-19· cited 13×
• Drotar v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-05-31· cited 8×
• Harper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-01-16· cited 7×
• Beard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-09-09· cited 3×
• State v. Gates
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-02-18· cited 1×
• Lovelace v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-07-03

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Quarles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-01-09· cited 44×
• Brewer v. Henson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1957-10-16· cited 33×
• Godwin v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-07-14· cited 23×
• Cameron v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1965-05-13· cited 7×
• Mullins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-11-17· cited 2×