Sharpe v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• “Since there is a presumption in favor of the validity of a sentence, especially where based upon a plea of guilty, the burden of overcoming this presumption is upon the prisoner.” (Citation omitted.)
• “Since there is a presumption in favor of the validity of a sentence, especially where based upon a plea of guilty, the burden of overcoming this presumption is upon the prisoner.” (Citation omitted.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Purvis v. Connell
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1971-07-09· cited 74×
• LEJEUNE v. McLAUGHLIN
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-24· cited 47×
• Snell v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1971-10-21· cited 20×
• Sims v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1971-10-07· cited 12×
• Byrd v. Shaffer
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-15· cited 12×
• Beavers v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1971-03-04· cited 9×
• Calhoun v. Caldwell
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1972-03-09· cited 6×
• Farmer v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1971-11-05· cited 1×
• Blunt v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1972-02-11

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Holder v. Beavers
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1914-01-13· cited 10×
• Nichols v. Heffner
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1966-11-10· cited 3×