Livingston v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• treating a premature notice of appeal as effectively filed upon entry of the order appealed
• discussing this State’s public policy to bring about a decision on the merits of criminal cases
• defendant not denied right to testify in his own behalf when he never expressed desire to testify to court
• It is this State’s public policy to bring about a decision on the merits of criminal cases.
• premature notice of appeal treated as effective upon filing of order or judgment appealed
• prematurely filed notice of appeal becomes effective upon filing of judgment or order

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Southall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-01-23· cited 68×
• Guyton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-26· cited 25×
• In the Interest of B. C. P.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-11-03· cited 20×
• High v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-06-25· cited 17×
• Carter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-01-22· cited 16×
• Hall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-07-13· cited 16×
• Isaac v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-04-22· cited 15×
• In the Interest of J. D. A.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-04-14· cited 12×
• Mikell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-11-19· cited 7×
• Cammon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-30· cited 6×
• McCants v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-06-11· cited 6×
• McLeod v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-09-13· cited 5×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-08-01· cited 4×
• Woodgrain Millwork/Windsor Wood Windows v. Millender
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-06-26· cited 3×
• Alessi v. Cornerstone Associates, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-10-29· cited 3×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-10-09· cited 2×
• Lang v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-06-06· cited 2×
• Espinosa v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-06-14· cited 1×
• Mason v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-06-05· cited 1×
• In Re Jda
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-04-14

Cites

40 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Gideon v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 8,419×
• Evitts v. Lucey
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-18· cited 3,068×
• Rowland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-01-24· cited 927×
• Clarke v. Zant
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-02-24· cited 152×
• Gillen v. Bostick
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-04-29· cited 77×
• Chambliss v. Hall
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1966-01-21· cited 50×
• Mobley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-01-30· cited 46×
• Brinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-02-21· cited 39×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-11-26· cited 37×
• Burnett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-03-18· cited 36×
• Bostick v. Ricketts
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-02-17· cited 35×
• Shaw v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-06-06· cited 33×
• Shirley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-09-09· cited 32×
• Walker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-07-13· cited 26×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-06-28· cited 22×
• Capelli v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-02-25· cited 20×
• Houston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-10-05· cited 20×
• Hasty v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-11-09· cited 19×
• Flanagan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-09-27· cited 17×