Paul 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 “expert evidence was irrelevant to the state of mind necessary to determine guilt in light of the defendant's refusal to assert an insanity defense or that he was mentally ill at the time of the conduct in question.”
• explaining that charge on involuntary manslaughter was not warranted because defendant claimed self defense and defendant is guilty of no crime if justified in killing; if not so justified, homicide not within “lawful act” predicate of OCGA § 16-5-3 (b
• 10-year-old victim’s “backtalk” while being struck was insufficient provocation to justify voluntary manslaughter charge
• \The conduct of a parent or one standing in loco parentis in administering the reasonable discipline of a minor is justified and is a defense to prosecution for any crime based on that conduct.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Morgan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-05-28· cited 94×
• Bryant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-18· cited 70×
• VIRGER v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 62×
• Virger v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 59×
• Anthony v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-04· cited 57×
• Bell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-04-25· cited 40×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-04-22· cited 23×
• Marshall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-07-16· cited 22×
• Riggins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-06-06· cited 19×
• Folson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-11-22· cited 17×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-03-19· cited 15×
• Gresham v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-04-18· cited 15×
• Ware v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-06-18· cited 15×
• Hudson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-04-06· cited 15×
• Paslay v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-29· cited 14×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-30· cited 13×
• Kellam v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-02-22· cited 12×
• Foster v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-01· cited 11×
• Pickle v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-07-14· cited 10×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-09-28· cited 8×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Edwards v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-04-25· cited 135×
• Saylors v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-10-25· cited 61×
• Parker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-23· cited 56×
• Wallace v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-09-30· cited 53×
• Arnett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-02-20· cited 40×
• Teal v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1970-09-08· cited 26×
• Selman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-09-23· cited 25×
• Moses v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-06-27· cited 23×
• Pace v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-05-12· cited 11×
• Harmon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-03-01· cited 8×
• Ashford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1916-03-14· cited 4×