Major v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• applying version of statute in effect at time incident took place
• “A person of ordinary intelligence can clearly understand the meaning of threatening to commit any crime of violence.”
• “A person of ordinary intelligence can clearly understand the meaning of threatening to commit any crime of violence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Boettger
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2019-10-25· cited 88×
• DAVIS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-10· cited 67×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-10· cited 64×
• United States v. Najee Oliver
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-06-18· cited 26×
• May v. Morgan Cnty.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-10-20· cited 7×
• Derrico v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-08-05· cited 6×
• Nuckles v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-12-21· cited 6×
• Ford Motor Company v. Cosper
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-09-19· cited 5×
• Chambers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-01-28· cited 4×
• Principal Lien Services, LLC v. Kimex Boat Rock 1183, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-03-14· cited 2×
• United States v. Najee Oliver
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-04-08· cited 2×
• WILLIAMS, CONGRESSWOMAN v. POWELL
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-10-31· cited 2×
• United States v. Najee Oliver
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-01-06· cited 1×
• COWEN v. CLAYTON COUNTY
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-09-03· cited 1×
• State v. Dennis Mark Langley
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-02-16
• STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. CALVIN FAIR (15-08-1454, MONMOUTH COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2021-12-09
• In the Interest of: J.J.M., Appeal of: J.J.M.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-12-21
• Jeffery Dewayne Herrington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-06-08
• FDOV, LLC v. ANTONIO EADDY
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-06-02
• United States v. Robert Kennedy
  Eleventh Circuit· 2025-07-25

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Broadrick v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-25· cited 4,338×
• Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1982-03-03· cited 3,694×
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-22· cited 2,052×
• Virginia v. Black
  Supreme Court· 2003-04-07· cited 1,109×
• Elonis v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2015-06-01· cited 553×
• United States v. Alvarez
  Supreme Court· 2012-06-28· cited 536×
• Deal v. Coleman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-11-18· cited 498×
• Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union
  Supreme Court· 2002-05-13· cited 386×
• United States v. William White
  Fourth Circuit· 2016-01-07· cited 131×
• Harris v. Mexican Specialty Foods, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-04-09· cited 120×
• State v. Fielden
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-04-25· cited 73×
• Currid v. DeKalb State Court Probation Department
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-07-12· cited 37×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-07-05· cited 37×
• Arrington v. Trammell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1950-10-26· cited 29×
• Lanthrip v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-11· cited 29×
• Hertz v. Bennett
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-11-04· cited 22×
• Boyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-30· cited 16×
• West v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-10-31· cited 11×
• Parker v. CITY OF GLENNVILLE
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-10-18· cited 10×
• Final Exit Network, Inc. v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-06· cited 8×