Sessions v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “We have previously explained that the remarks of a judge explaining a reason for his ruling are neither an expression of opinion nor a comment on the evidence.”
• “We have previously explained that the remarks of a judge explaining a reason for his ruling are neither an expression of opinion nor a comment on the evidence.”
• jury was free to reject self-defense theory and find defendant guilty of murder, aggravated assault, and other offenses where the defendant retrieved handgun, returned to victim’s home 20 minutes later, and shot victim in the back

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Horton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-05· cited 24×
• Doricien v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-12-21· cited 10×
• Weems v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-01-17· cited 10×
• Sessions v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-08-27

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Malcolm v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-01-23· cited 58×
• Hoffler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-04· cited 41×
• Boyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-09· cited 18×
• Gravitt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-01-24· cited 11×