Nelson 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 \jury was authorized to conclude that appellant used excessive force when he shot the victim in response to the victim having punched him\
• jury was authorized to reject self-defense claim where it concluded that appellant had used excessive force by shooting the victim after being punched
• “A homicide is not justified if the force used by the defendant exceeds that which a reasonable person would believe was necessary to defend against the victim’s unlawful act.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Walker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-17· cited 49×
• Jessie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-01-21· cited 27×
• Jimmerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-06-13· cited 22×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-03-17· cited 20×
• Browning v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-05-19· cited 16×
• Wynn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-06-01· cited 13×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-02-07· cited 13×
• Copeland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-05-31· cited 10×
• Rudnitskas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-07· cited 8×
• Watkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-11-10· cited 8×
• GARDHIGH v. THE STATE (And Vice Versa)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-06-16· cited 6×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-30· cited 5×
• Newton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-04-14· cited 5×
• The State v. Smith.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-09-14· cited 2×
• Robin Brooks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-09-01
• Frison v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-12-09

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pruitt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-05-14· cited 124×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-22· cited 49×
• Stobbart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-10· cited 38×
• Worthem v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-01-11· cited 35×
• Coggins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-09-16· cited 32×
• Pickren v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-05-30· cited 27×
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-05-03· cited 24×
• Hall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-07-13· cited 16×