Merritt 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 “angry statements” generally do not amount to serious provocation within the meaning of the voluntary manslaughter statute
• holding that no voluntary manslaughter instruction was required where “a few hours passed between the [allegedly provoking] argument and the killing”
• holding that no voluntary manslaughter instruction was required where “a few hours passed between the [allegedly provoking] argument and the killing”
• noting that even an objection voiced at the charge conference does not preserve objections to the charges subsequently given and, thus, appellate review of such charges is limited to review for plain error
• noting that even an objection voiced at the charge conference does not preserve objections to the charges subsequently given and, thus, appellate review of such charges is limited to review for plain error
• noting that even an objection voiced at the charge conference does not preserve objections to the charges subsequently given and, thus, appellate review of such charges is limited to review for plain error

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-16· cited 122×
• Graham v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-08-14· cited 44×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-04-15· cited 34×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-01-19· cited 33×
• Dent v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-02-19· cited 33×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-10-19· cited 30×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-09-22· cited 29×
• Howell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 27×
• Mosley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-04-04· cited 25×
• Francis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-17· cited 24×
• Muckle v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-12-11· cited 20×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-04-17· cited 19×
• Dailey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-29· cited 15×
• Burke v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-01-29· cited 14×
• Shaw v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-04-17· cited 13×
• Bailey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-06-19· cited 13×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-08-28· cited 12×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 12×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-02· cited 11×
• Whittaker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-08-21· cited 11×

Cites

21 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×
• Malcolm v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-04-04· cited 64×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-04-24· cited 59×
• Howard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-07· cited 58×
• Simmons v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 52×
• Nicely v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-29· cited 39×
• Carruth v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-01-09· cited 38×
• Kirkland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-06-14· cited 34×
• Yarn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-09-11· cited 30×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-02-02· cited 23×
• Rogers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-01-23· cited 22×
• Foshee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-11-06· cited 16×
• Ros v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-09-19· cited 15×
• Gresham v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-04-18· cited 15×
• Rockholt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-05-07· cited 13×
• Sheffield v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-02· cited 12×
• Barnes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-09-26· cited 12×
• Keita v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-09-28· cited 12×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-01-23· cited 9×