Ortiz 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 deliberate interval where, in period between non-fatal and fatal shots, victim fled and defendant shot a different victim
• evidence supported two distinct assaults against the victim, separated by a “deliberate interval” during which the defendant shot someone else
• “a separate judgment of conviction and sentence is authorized if a defendant commits an aggravated assault independent of the act which caused the victim’s death”
• in considering merger question, concluding that the evidence, “[c]onstrued to support the verdicts,” “dictate[d] the finding of two distinct assaults” were separated by a “deliberate interval” (punctuation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-30· cited 97×
• Jeffrey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-16· cited 35×
• Dent v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-02-19· cited 33×
• Flood v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-06-21· cited 31×
• State v. OWENS (And Vice Versa)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-08-10· cited 20×
• Reddings v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-02-04· cited 19×
• Solomon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-09-23· cited 11×
• Price v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-04-19· cited 8×
• Joseph Michael White v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-01-30
• Raynier Marquez v. Rafael E. Aguirre
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-04-24
• Premier Pediatric Providers, LLC v. Kennesaw Pediatrics, P.C.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-09-16

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• State v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-07· cited 546×
• Edge v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-02-04· cited 236×
• Coleman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-09· cited 103×
• Lowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-12-27· cited 62×
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-02-25· cited 36×
• Morgan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-19· cited 21×
• Cloud v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-29· cited 18×
• Parker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-01-08· cited 10×
• Farley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-03-01· cited 5×