Powell v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Trial counsel was not deficient for failing to request a charge on voluntary manslaughter because there was no evidence to support the charge”
• “[C]onviction as a party to a crime requires proof that the defendant shared a common criminal intent with the principal perpetrator of the crime, which may be inferred from presence, companionship, and conduct before, during, and after the offense.” (cleaned up)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hood v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-08-10· cited 37×
• WARD v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-05-16· cited 14×
• Wilkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-28· cited 12×
• Redding v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-05-17· cited 12×
• Warren v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-09-20· cited 12×
• Sams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-06-30· cited 10×
• Coates v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-05· cited 8×
• Felts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-05-17· cited 8×
• Carter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-08-09· cited 6×
• Perry Leon Elrod v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-03-13
• Sebastian Edouard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-06-11
• Marrow v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-08-26
• BOSTIC v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-09-30
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-05-19
• CLARK v. LEIGH (And Vice Versa)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-06-16

Cites

36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• State v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-07· cited 546×
• Romer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-07-01· cited 233×
• Elliott v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 196×
• Schofield v. Holsey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-26· cited 192×
• State v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-28· cited 177×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-02-15· cited 129×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-16· cited 122×
• Butts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-04-30· cited 90×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 75×
• Marshall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-29· cited 67×
• Hampton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-03-27· cited 61×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-05-15· cited 46×
• Barrett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 45×
• Flournoy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-03-10· cited 39×
• Navarrete v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-28· cited 33×
• State v. Freeman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-06-13· cited 31×
• Yarn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-09-11· cited 30×
• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-04· cited 26×