Powers v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• \[A] defendant is not entitled to a jury instruction on justification when the evidence is that the supposedly justified party was the aggressor.\
• “[A] defendant is not entitled to a jury instruction on justification when the evidence is that the supposedly justified party was the aggressor.”
• “[A] defendant is not entitled to a jury instruction on justification when the evidence is that the supposedly justified party was the aggressor.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wainwright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-04· cited 32×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-05-16· cited 16×
• Powers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-15

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Vega v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-09· cited 340×
• State v. Montanez
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-04-18· cited 30×
• Demery v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-09-20· cited 23×
• Park v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-01-21· cited 15×
• Brunson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-17· cited 14×