Mayfield v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that evidence was sufficient to support a felony obstruction conviction because the defendant “violently struggled” when the officers attempted to arrest him, and for felony obstruction for kicking an officer in the groin
• defendant charged with felony obstruction after resisting arrest was not entitled to a jury charge on self-defense despite his claim that the pepper spray used by officers made his violent reaction “disoriented or involuntary”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Anthony Wayne Hardigree v. Marc Lofton
  Eleventh Circuit· 2021-04-06· cited 57×
• Osborne v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-29· cited 29×
• Hodge v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-10-09· cited 13×
• Bynes v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-16· cited 11×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-06-06· cited 10×
• Bradley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-06-16· cited 5×
• Whitley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-09-19· cited 5×
• Javarris Mashod Robinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-03-16

Cites

7 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×
• Smith v. Francis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-01-29· cited 406×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-09-09· cited 98×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-07-21· cited 20×
• Long v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-04· cited 19×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-09-30· cited 10×