Supreme Court of Georgia· 4/15/1981
Lyons v. State
Citations
- 277 S.E.2d 244
- 247 Ga. 465
- 1981 Ga. LEXIS 752
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- the Supreme Court rejected the defendant’s attempt to invoke the protections of the Fourteenth Amendment where the confrontation procedure was initiated by the witnesses instead of the police
- “The due process protection of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the citizens against state action rather than against citizen action. In order for the Fourteenth Amendment to come into play in an identification procedure, state action must be involved.”
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Judges: Clarke
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Funes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-03· cited 27×
- Kelley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1981-09-09· cited 25×
- Duck v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1983-02-03· cited 24×
- Semple v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1999-09-13· cited 23×
- Gandy v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-21· cited 8×
- Nowlin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-24· cited 5×
- Thomas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-02-02· cited 5×
- Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-26· cited 4×
- Turner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-03-13· cited 2×
- Lowe v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-06-29· cited 2×
- Hall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-16
- Javorris Redding v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-03-13
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court· 1972-12-06· cited 7,056×
- Redd v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-04-18· cited 71×
- Yancey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1974-04-23· cited 68×
- Young v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1974-04-23· cited 21×
- Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-04-13· cited 17×
- Riden v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-10-09· cited 8×
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