Simmons v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• harmless error to fail to give charge at close of evidence in light of short period of time since charge was given earlier
• possession of handgun at time of arrest relevant when crime charged committed with handgun
• where arrest was for the crime for which defendant was on trial, the defendant possessed a handgun at time of arrest, and a handgun was used in the charged crime, circumstances of arrest were admissible
• circumstances of arrest were admissible, where arrest was for the crime for which defendant was on trial, the defendant possessed a handgun at the time of arrest, and a handgun was used in the charged crime

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ballard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-06-21· cited 16×
• Tillman v. Massey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-11-20· cited 15×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-12· cited 11×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-10-05· cited 11×
• Cummings v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-05-15· cited 10×
• Razor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-01-14· cited 8×
• Rogers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-02-12· cited 8×
• Paul v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-02-11· cited 7×
• Oliver v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-23· cited 6×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-07-11· cited 5×
• Turner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-10-29· cited 5×
• Dunbar v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-04-19· cited 4×
• Manuel v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-04-12· cited 3×
• Stevens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-06· cited 2×
• Saxton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-10-20· cited 1×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-06-27

Cites

56 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×
• Mize v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-06-15· cited 105×
• Buice v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-10-22· cited 83×
• Paul v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-02· cited 83×
• Lynd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-02-27· cited 75×
• Slade v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-12-04· cited 69×
• Ross v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-02-26· cited 51×
• Kapua v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-08-05· cited 50×
• Almond v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-09-17· cited 49×
• Flynn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-02-13· cited 48×
• Rogers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-11-28· cited 46×
• Roberson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-07-12· cited 43×
• Benford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-05-01· cited 42×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-02-26· cited 37×
• Mullinax v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-02-18· cited 36×
• Kirkland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-06-14· cited 34×
• Ganas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-07-26· cited 34×
• London v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-07-16· cited 30×
• Sizemore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-05-21· cited 28×