Rucker 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 the use of a verdict form is error if it “would mislead jurors of reasonable understanding”
• holding that the use of a verdict form is error if it “would mislead jurors of reasonable understanding”
• addressing the verdict form after a finding of guilt on malice murder
• addressing the verdict form after a finding of guilt on malice murder
• decision to excuse a potential juror for cause lies within sound discretion of trial court
• no error in admitting pre-incision autopsy photograph showing a bra stay infiltrating a gunshot wound

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Cheddersingh v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-27· cited 86×
• Heidler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-02· cited 77×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-19· cited 53×
• Slakman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-13· cited 35×
• Rowland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-03· cited 35×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-12-11· cited 33×
• Banks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-03-19· cited 32×
• Leeks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-02-16· cited 32×
• Oliver v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-06-02· cited 29×
• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-06· cited 29×
• Presnell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-07-16· cited 26×
• Cannon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-07-27· cited 25×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-09-24· cited 25×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-28· cited 24×
• Conway v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-03-19· cited 24×
• Baker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-05-29· cited 18×
• Harper v. Barge Air Conditioning, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-12-16· cited 16×
• Felder v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-04-30· cited 15×
• Hardy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-09-21· cited 14×
• Watkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-01-07· cited 13×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Cage v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1990-11-13· cited 1,172×
• Payne v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-11-18· cited 137×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-03-18· cited 125×
• Ponder v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-02-26· cited 105×
• Raulerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-10-06· cited 93×
• Garland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-10-04· cited 76×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-01-29· cited 62×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-05-13· cited 57×
• Potts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-06· cited 57×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-04-06· cited 55×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-01-07· cited 49×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-09-23· cited 46×
• Chapman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-05-04· cited 43×
• Chance v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-04-16· cited 24×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-10-29· cited 15×
• Bridgers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-05-27· cited 11×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-09-29· cited 11×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-07-01· cited 7×