Sinkfield v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• although appellate courts will review claims that trial court committed procedural error in imposing sentence, courts do not consider claims that a valid sentence (within legal limits) is excessive
• although appellate courts will review claims that trial court committed procedural error in imposing sentence, courts do not consider claims that a valid sentence (within legal limits) is excessive
• “It is clear from th[e] language [of OCGA § 17-10-2 (a)] that the legislature intended that such evidence show that the defendant was found guilty or admitted guilt of another offense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Riggs
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-05-01· cited 57×
• Jenkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-12-02· cited 26×
• West v. Waters
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-10· cited 20×
• Payne v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-12-04· cited 19×
• Ogles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-07-25· cited 18×
• Pullins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-04-15· cited 17×
• Prather v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-05· cited 15×
• White v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-03-09· cited 14×
• Eason v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-12-02· cited 13×
• McClendon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-08-13· cited 13×
• Turner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-26· cited 12×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-07-14· cited 11×
• Powell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-10-28· cited 10×
• NOELLIEN v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-19· cited 7×
• Ramsey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-10-06· cited 7×
• Pearce v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-08-07· cited 6×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-09-08· cited 6×
• Hill v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-02-28· cited 4×
• Fortson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-02-09· cited 4×
• Papadoupalos v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-04-19· cited 3×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Franklin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-01-04· cited 111×
• Roberts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-02-21· cited 69×
• Haynes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-05-07· cited 31×
• Tommie v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-04-07· cited 26×
• Sinkfield v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-09-09· cited 8×
• Dorsey v. Willis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-10-04· cited 6×