Nichols v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “fighting prior to a homicide ‘does not constitute the type of provocation that would warrant a charge of voluntary manslaughter’ ”
• Before a jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter is warranted, there must be some evidence that a defendant “acted solely as the result of a sudden, violent, and irresistible passion resulting from serious provocation sufficient to excite such passion in a reasonable person.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 108×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-04-19· cited 63×
• Demons v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-03-29· cited 47×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-09-22· cited 29×
• Funes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-03· cited 27×
• Pulley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-07-02· cited 26×
• Glidewell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-04-27· cited 25×
• Francis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-17· cited 24×
• Nelms v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-29· cited 23×
• Milford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-07-02· cited 6×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Brennon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-09-06· cited 13×
• Byrd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-04-15· cited 2×