Kitchens v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• motion for new trial on ground of newly discovered evidence is addressed to the sound discretion of trial court
• motion for new trial on ground of newly discovered evidence is addressed to the sound discretion of trial court
• Supreme Court is a court for the correction of errors made by the trial court and it cannot decide questions raised for the first time on appeal
• [appellate courts are] court[s] for the correction of errors made by the trial court and ... cannot decide questions raised for the first time on appeal
• “The Supreme Court is a court for the . . . correction of errors of law committed in the trial courts . . . and it cannot decide questions raised for the first time after the case has 12 been appealed to it.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-02-12· cited 166×
• Butts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-04-30· cited 90×
• Lucas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-11-19· cited 72×
• Fantastic Fakes, Inc. v. Pickwick International, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-11-16· cited 53×
• Drake v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-02-09· cited 44×
• GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES v. Coweta County
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-06-20· cited 38×
• Jefferson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-02-03· cited 36×
• Kingston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-11-14· cited 35×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-09-07· cited 30×
• Tessmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-30· cited 30×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-05-26· cited 26×
• Cox v. City of Lawrenceville
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-09-08· cited 26×
• Willis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-04-07· cited 22×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-02-05· cited 21×
• Hackney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-01-07· cited 17×
• Harrison v. Lawhorne
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-10-29· cited 17×
• Carter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-09-10· cited 16×
• Pendergrass v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-09-12· cited 15×
• Love v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-02-21· cited 14×
• Wheeless v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-06-23· cited 14×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Abrams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1967-03-09· cited 71×
• Velkey v. Grimes
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1958-09-05· cited 51×
• Moore v. Hanson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1968-06-20· cited 23×
• Bonner v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1970-04-09· cited 21×
• Jinks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1903-05-30· cited 17×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-03-03· cited 16×
• Lakes v. Lakes
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1931-01-13· cited 16×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1920-01-16· cited 8×