Scandrett 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 challenges to the substance of the indictment can be made “by motion in arrest of judgment”
• “Defects in an indictment afford no ground for a new trial. Exceptions which go merely to the form should be made before trial. For matters affecting the real merits, the remedy, after trial, is by motion in arrest of judgment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gossitt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1936-06-12· cited 14×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-05-07· cited 9×
• Carr v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-11-18· cited 7×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1965-11-16· cited 6×
• Rivera v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-10-11· cited 6×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1961-11-20· cited 4×
• Waldrop v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1933-11-18· cited 3×
• Ellis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1909-02-09· cited 2×

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Reed v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-03-03· cited 6×