Mullinax v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that trial court’s reference to “the slayer” in voluntary manslaughter charge did not constitute improper expression of opinion by court that the defendant had committed the offense
• irrespective of whether “slayer” connotes malice when considered in isolation, trial judge’s use of that word, when considered within context, did not constitute an opinion concerning the evidence so as to violate OCGA § 17-8-57

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Maggard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-06-22· cited 57×
• Camphor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-05-01· cited 56×
• Cooper v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-09-03· cited 48×
• Hendrix v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-12-09· cited 48×
• Parker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-05-19· cited 36×
• Beam v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-11-13· cited 32×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-10-28· cited 28×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-09-11· cited 27×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-04-14· cited 27×
• Fletcher v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-09-28· cited 26×
• Rouse v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-17· cited 22×
• Carter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-10-05· cited 18×
• Simmons v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-10-03· cited 16×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 15×
• Garland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-14· cited 15×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-02-05· cited 13×
• Lee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-09-07· cited 8×
• Ellis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-02-06· cited 7×
• Forehand v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-02-22· cited 6×
• Turner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-03-08· cited 6×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Gates v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-10-24· cited 157×
• Strickland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-02-23· cited 28×
• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-10-30· cited 18×
• Buffington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-09-05· cited 13×