Sanders v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the modified merger rule adopted in Edge applies “if the underlying felony is directed against the homicide victim and is not independent, but rather is an integral part, of the killing”
• under modified merger rule, a verdict of guilt as to voluntary manslaughter precludes a conviction for felony murder “if the underlying felony is directed against the homicide victim and is not independent, but rather is an integral part, of the killing” (citations omitted)
• extending Edge to aggravated battery and arson
• extending Edge to aggravated battery and arson
• aggravated 7 battery and arson

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Owens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-05· cited 73×
• ANTHONY v. THE STATE (Three Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-05· cited 44×
• Anthony v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-05· cited 43×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-23· cited 38×
• Jennings v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-11-05· cited 35×
• Rivers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-08· cited 28×
• Rogers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-07· cited 17×
• Grimes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-09-09· cited 15×
• Cherry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-02-22· cited 14×
• Anglin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-09-21· cited 14×
• Wilcox v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-27· cited 11×
• Alford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-09-11· cited 10×
• Clough v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-03-07· cited 10×
• Perez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-05-31· cited 10×
• Torres v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-09-20· cited 8×
• GARDHIGH v. THE STATE (And Vice Versa)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-06-16· cited 6×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-01· cited 5×
• Glass v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-09-12· cited 4×
• Griggs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-12-10· cited 4×
• The State v. Echols.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-09-10· cited 1×

Cites

34 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×
• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Jackson v. Denno
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 6,121×
• Edge v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-02-04· cited 236×
• Curtis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-15· cited 106×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-07-06· cited 90×
• Myers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 68×
• Fulton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-06-07· cited 59×
• Dennard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 55×
• Fairclough v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-05-19· cited 55×
• Alexander v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-10-04· cited 47×
• Lindsey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-01-08· cited 44×
• Lowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-04-29· cited 40×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-10· cited 34×
• Funderburk v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-05-05· cited 26×
• Foster v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-06-13· cited 25×
• Martin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-07-06· cited 22×
• Fitzpatrick v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-09-22· cited 21×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-09-22· cited 20×