Sims 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 the defendant was not entitled to an instruction on unlawful act involuntary manslaughter because his act of discharging a firearm constituted the felony of aggravated assault

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-09-30
• Marlo Grier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-10-27
• Jason Henry Sors v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-09-10
• Emer J. Wilson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-10-28
• Edwards v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-12-09
• Badie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-03-17
• Hamilton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-03-03
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-01-21
• Bryant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-05-05
• Hodges v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-05-19
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-06-02
• Piercefield v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-06-16
• Battle v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-06-16

Cites

43 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×
• McDaniel v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 2010-01-11· cited 701×
• Wesley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 208×
• Hayes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-04· cited 135×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-06-06· cited 127×
• Favors v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-27· cited 73×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-25· cited 67×
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-01-18· cited 52×
• Washington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-05-17· cited 51×
• Gaston v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-01-13· cited 47×
• Hood v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-05· cited 44×
• Blackwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-01-29· cited 39×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-05-17· cited 33×
• Welbon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-05-01· cited 31×
• Pritchett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-10-04· cited 29×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-16· cited 25×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-09-10· cited 24×
• Coe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-17· cited 24×
• DRAUGHN v. THE STATE (Three Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-05-03· cited 23×