Porter 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 evidence of obstruction insufficient where suspects in attempted motor vehicle theft fled at sight of approaching police vehicle and officers who gave chase never called out to suspects to halt
• fleeing alone, absent a command to halt, is an insufficient basis for obstruction
• evidence insufficient to show obstruction where suspects fled at sight of police but officers who gave chase never called out to suspects to halt
• no obstruction where no evidence that defendant failed to submit to lawful authority
• trial court has “wide discretion” in allowing State to reopen case after resting
• evidence insufficient to sustain a conviction for obstruction under OCGA § 16-10-24 (a

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Dukes
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-05-08· cited 40×
• Couch v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-09-22· cited 16×
• Reddick v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-06-01· cited 14×
• Barnett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-06-23· cited 14×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-09· cited 14×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-04-27· cited 12×
• Bell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-04-28· cited 9×
• Abrams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-11-04· cited 9×
• Lynn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-08-09· cited 6×
• Dukes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-09-08· cited 6×
• Bramblett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-04· cited 2×
• Gallimore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-02-15· cited 2×
• John Andrew Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-03-21
• Davin Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-09

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Britten v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1965-05-31· cited 63×
• Chaplin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-03-02· cited 35×
• Edwards v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-11-30· cited 32×
• King v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-05-10· cited 26×
• Green v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-10-03· cited 23×
• Burden v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1936-06-12· cited 15×
• Ferguson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-05-14· cited 14×
• Sapp v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-07-15· cited 10×
• Ford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-07-09· cited 9×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-11-24· cited 3×