Slaughter v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming larceny when the defendant, a private detective, took an individual's watch and returned it to him claiming a reward
• affirming larceny when the defendant, a private detective, took an individual’s watch and returned it to him claiming a reward
• finder of property would be guilty of larceny if he conceals it for purpose of returning it after reward offered
• defendant, a private detective, took another's watch, then returned it to its owner claiming a reward; conviction of larceny affirmed
• finder of property would be guilty of larceny if he concealed the property for the purpose of returning it once a reward had been offered
• court affirmed conviction for larceny and rejected defendants' argument that they did not intend to permanently deprive owner of property where defendants took owner's property and returned it to claim an award

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Davis
  California Supreme Court· 1998-11-05· cited 129×
• Coleman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1914-05-15· cited 54×
• Lanier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1939-02-16· cited 54×
• Carter v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-06-10· cited 51×
• Anello v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1952-12-05· cited 46×
• James Godwin v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1982-07-30· cited 44×
• Rivers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1933-05-02· cited 28×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1939-09-16· cited 27×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1933-11-04· cited 25×
• United States v. Mardirosian
  First Circuit· 2010-04-14· cited 23×
• Holbert v. Allred
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1920-02-07· cited 21×
• James v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-09-24· cited 18×
• People v. Zamani
  California Court of Appeal· 2010-04-07· cited 18×
• Nelson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1935-05-03· cited 16×
• Marsh v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-02-08· cited 15×
• Wortham v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1937-09-14· cited 13×
• Cedar Rapids National Bank v. American Surety Co. of New York
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1923-10-19· cited 13×
• Igle v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-11-08· cited 12×
• Edmondson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1916-06-05· cited 11×
• Turner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1931-09-04· cited 9×

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Kinnebrew v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1887-10-26· cited 43×