Middleton v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reiterating that “courts generally should avoid a 2 [statutory] construction that makes some language mere surplusage”
• noting that “a motion for new trial is a proper proceeding for challenging a void criminal judgment”
• It is “a core principle of statutory interpretation that changes in statutory language generally indicate an intent to change the meaning of the statute.”
• it is “a core principle of statutory interpretation that changes in statutory language generally indicate an intent to change the meaning of the statute” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• “[C]ourts generally should avoid a construction that makes some statutory language mere surplusage.”
• discussing statutory requirement of knowledge that property was stolen

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• The STATE v. SASS GROUP, LLC (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-03-15· cited 34×
• McIver v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-06-30· cited 29×
• Pender v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-03-15· cited 19×
• Williams v. the Stats
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-02-07· cited 14×
• United States v. Xavier Brooks
  Eleventh Circuit· 2024-08-09· cited 11×
• State v. Wierson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-05-28· cited 6×
• WALTON ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-01-28· cited 6×
• Allen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-05-29· cited 5×
• Garcia-Jarquin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-09-07· cited 4×
• Derrick Leonard Middleton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-02-16
• CAMDEN COUNTY v. SWEATT, JUDGE
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-02-07
• Kaitlin Poole v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-12-19
• Justin Hewett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-04-26
• Christopher Owens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-01-08
• Hart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-06-24
• Hank Carver Spackman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-07-01

Cites

38 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• von Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-09-09· cited 454×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-05-17· cited 192×
• Nazario v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-07-11· cited 116×
• Curtis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-15· cited 106×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-02-24· cited 96×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-04· cited 79×
• State v. Springer
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-29· cited 67×
• Bruce v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-10-24· cited 60×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-02-13· cited 57×
• Phillips v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-09-16· cited 45×
• Flores v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-04-27· cited 42×
• McELRATH v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-28· cited 37×
• Sosbee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-07-07· cited 32×
• Marriott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-01· cited 28×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-08· cited 23×
• BENCHMARK BUILDERS, INC. v. Schultz
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-06-13· cited 23×
• Ellison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-02-05· cited 21×
• Bissell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-02-11· cited 20×
• State v. Owens
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-17· cited 17×