Lott v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “the defense of justification is based on a ‘reasonable man’ standard of behavior”
• because the jury was fairly informed on justification for homicide, there was not “a reasonable probability that the jury would have reached a different result if an instruction on specific forcible felonies had also been given”
• admissibility of expert testimony is a matter within trial court’s sound discretion
• no prejudice from trial counsel’s failure to request charge on forcible felonies that might have authorized the defendant’s use of deadly force, because the trial court gave other instructions that informed the jury as to when a homicide is justified
• no prejudice from trial counsel’s failure to request charge on forcible felonies that might have authorized the defendant’s use of deadly force, because the trial court gave other instructions that informed the jury as to when a homicide is justified

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Shaw v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-05-06· cited 147×
• Green v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-18· cited 33×
• Dimauro v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-05-26· cited 14×
• Adams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-02· cited 11×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-02-25· cited 8×
• Gathuru v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-04-16· cited 8×
• Dillard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-19· cited 6×
• Stewart v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-06-08· cited 2×
• Muthu v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-04-26· cited 1×
• Perry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-12-15
• Oliver v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-06
• Quenton Duffie v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-06-15
• Chandler v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-19
• Ronald Adams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-02
• Darius Chandler v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-19
• Leroy Dillard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-19

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Crawford v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
• Short v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-10-05· cited 469×
• Brawner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-09-13· cited 30×
• Weems v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-06-02· cited 29×
• Selman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-09-23· cited 25×
• Springs v. Seese
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-01-14· cited 23×
• Grimes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-03-27· cited 22×
• Howell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-02-08· cited 22×
• Brock v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-10-29· cited 21×
• Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Tvrdeich
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-07-16· cited 14×
• Bennett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-03-24· cited 8×
• Bush v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-06-01· cited 6×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-19· cited 2×