Smith v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• defendant involved in gunfight guilty of felony murder of innocent bystander killed by bullet of other participant of gunfight
• “A party does not have the hybrid right, under either the State or Federal Constitution, to simultaneously represent himself and be represented by counsel.”
• “[I]t made no difference whether or not the victim had a gun because there was no evidence that the victim threatened or assaulted anyone prior to the shooting.”
• “It is well settled that a party cannot challenge on appeal an action that his own conduct aided in causing. [Cit.]”
• defendant’s failure to join co-defendant’s motion to sever, or to file his own, waives issue on appeal
• evidence introduced for a limited purpose under limiting instructions from the court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-28· cited 177×
• Holmes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-02-16· cited 98×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-02-24· cited 96×
• Moody v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-03-22· cited 78×
• Odom v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-15· cited 62×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-07-16· cited 59×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-03-15· cited 45×
• Cammon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-05-18· cited 44×
• Isaac v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-10-05· cited 44×
• Berry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-02-17· cited 44×
• Flores v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-04-27· cited 42×
• Hines v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-03-27· cited 41×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-08· cited 41×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-11-08· cited 40×
• Stobbart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-10· cited 38×
• Gomillion v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-01-08· cited 35×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-12-01· cited 30×
• Loren v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-12-03· cited 28×
• Pye v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-03-11· cited 26×
• Knight v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-10-18· cited 26×

Cites

26 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×
• Malcolm v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
• Edge v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-02-04· cited 236×
• Cain v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-12· cited 220×
• Cargill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-03-18· cited 172×
• Chandler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-07-03· cited 147×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-01-29· cited 62×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-10-05· cited 60×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-02-13· cited 57×
• Dennard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 55×
• Dennis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-06-21· cited 37×
• Lee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-06· cited 36×
• State v. Crane
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-07-07· cited 33×
• Sinkfield v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-05-28· cited 31×
• Ellerbee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-11-07· cited 26×
• Wallace v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-03-17· cited 20×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-12-05· cited 18×
• Way v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-06-28· cited 12×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-03-07· cited 10×