Patel v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• where evidence showed that “a player simply pressed a button to play the[] machines,” the machines were not bona fide coin-operated amusement machines because they did not involve “some skill” in their operation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Mayor of Savannah v. Batson-Cook Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-05-29· cited 42×
• State v. Hamilton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-28· cited 25×
• Henderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-16· cited 23×
• Daker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-10-17· cited 20×
• State v. Singh
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-09-10· cited 19×
• Phillips v. Phillips.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-10-04· cited 9×
• Amusement Sales, Inc. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-07-11· cited 7×
• Cancel v. Sewell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-29· cited 5×
• Greater Georgia Amusements, LLC v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-25· cited 3×
• PATEL Et Al. v. STATE OF GEORGIA
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-05-18· cited 2×
• NAYYAR Et Al. v. BHATIA.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-02-25· cited 2×
• In the Matter of Melvin T. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 2×
• Greater Georgia Amusements, LLC v. State of Ga
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-25
• Amusement Sales, Inc. v. State of Georgia
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-07-11
• Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Lorenzo Crenshaw
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-22
• Angel Cancel v. Alvin Sewell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-29
• LOLETHA DENISE HALE v. ASBM INVESTMENTS, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-10-31
• State v. Tonya Newberry
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-04-17

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Bajakajian
  Supreme Court· 1998-06-22· cited 1,395×
• Birt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-11-25· cited 65×
• Norman v. Ault
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-07· cited 43×
• Cisco v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-15· cited 22×
• Cousins v. MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-02· cited 16×
• Howell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-28· cited 14×
• Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-06-07· cited 13×
• Pittman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-02-28· cited 8×
• Ultra Telecom, Inc. v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-10-04· cited 7×