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.

• issue is whether defendant was reasonable in believing danger was imminent based on her psychological condition and circumstances
• \[E]vidence of battered person syndrome is relevant in a proper case as a component of justifiable homicide by self-defense.\
• “[E]vidence of battered person syndrome is relevant in a proper case as a component of justifiable homicide by self-defense.”
• battered person syndrome is not separate defense, but component of justifiable homicide by self-defense
• “It has long been the position of this Court that the battered person syndrome is not a separate defense, but that evidence of battered person syndrome is relevant in a proper case as a component of justifiable homicide by self-defense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Cook v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-03-15· cited 141×
• Bishop v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-07-16· cited 73×
• Brockman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-04· cited 71×
• Parrish v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-03-11· cited 68×
• VIRGER v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 62×
• Bishop v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-07-06· cited 61×
• Virger v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 59×
• Pennie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-09-13· cited 50×
• State of Iowa v. Denise Leone Frei
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2013-03-08· cited 49×
• Prater v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-02-08· cited 42×
• Carter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-05-04· cited 30×
• Ware v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-23· cited 25×
• Demery v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-09-20· cited 23×
• Riley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-10-14· cited 22×
• Mobley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-14· cited 21×
• Freeman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-03-09· cited 16×
• O'Connell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-01-21· cited 15×
• Paslay v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-29· cited 14×
• Graham v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-07-29· cited 14×
• Jowers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-09-05· cited 13×

Cites

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

• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-05-13· cited 218×
• Renner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-11-07· cited 120×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-10-21· cited 106×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-11-05· cited 78×
• Sanders v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-05-25· cited 72×
• Harrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-04-05· cited 71×
• Bechtel v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1992-09-02· cited 65×
• Stull v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-01-04· cited 64×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1972-02-11· cited 63×
• Kessel v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-02-25· cited 54×
• Chapman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-05-04· cited 43×
• Daniels v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-12-03· cited 37×
• Sinns v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-10-28· cited 34×
• Freeman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-06-30· cited 33×
• Selman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-09-23· cited 25×
• Chester v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-05-06· cited 22×
• Motes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-07-13· cited 20×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-04-29· cited 18×
• Chapman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-11-30· cited 18×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-29· cited 14×