Philpot 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 “knowingly” is an “ordinary term[ ] found in common usage and 22 understood by people of common and ordinary experience”
• jury instructions were not inadequate for failing to define the terms “knowingly” and “great risk” in the context of OCGA § 17-10-30 (b) (3) regarding aggravating circumstances for authorizing the imposition of the death penalty
• “knowingly” and “great risk” were words of ordinary understanding
• “knowingly” and “great risk” were words of ordinary understanding

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jenkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-02-23· cited 107×
• Lance v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-25· cited 70×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-02-08· cited 49×
• Jenkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-10-06· cited 39×
• State v. Bird
  Utah Supreme Court· 2015-01-23· cited 27×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-11-02· cited 25×
• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-03-28· cited 16×
• Weyer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-08-06· cited 11×
• Tarver v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-09-13· cited 8×
• Clarke v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-12-01· cited 6×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-09-17· cited 5×
• Sosebee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-12-14· cited 3×
• WILLIAMS, CONGRESSWOMAN v. POWELL
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-10-31· cited 2×
• Law v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-04-17· cited 1×
• Jamie Lee Weyer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-08-10
• Jenna Marie Garland v. State of Georgia
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-11-08

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Godfrey v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-19· cited 1,672×
• Simmons v. South Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-17· cited 1,326×
• Sproles v. Binford
  Supreme Court· 1932-05-23· cited 480×
• McClain v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-11-12· cited 179×
• Chenault v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-04-09· cited 134×
• Burgess v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-12-05· cited 89×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-10-16· cited 89×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-04-06· cited 55×
• Anderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1970-01-08· cited 30×
• Wallace v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1968-04-04· cited 7×