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.

• addressing a situation where the verdict form entirely omitted “not guilty by reason of insanity,” and ultimately concluding that the placement of the judgment forms was not reversible error
• because “mitigation” is a “word of common meaning,” it was “not error to fail to define it” in the jury charge
• no error committed by trial court’s failing to define the word “mitigating” since mitigation is a word of common meaning and understanding
• “mitigation” is a “word of common meaning,” which does not require further definition

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Tison v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1982-10-04· cited 530×
• Smith v. Francis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-01-29· cited 406×
• DeYoung v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-11-24· cited 174×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-02-13· cited 154×
• Conner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-05-24· cited 147×
• Crowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-26· cited 133×
• Cochran v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-04-24· cited 123×
• Conklin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-06-27· cited 105×
• Ross v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-02-08· cited 95×
• Berryhill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-05-18· cited 87×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-03-11· cited 86×
• Curry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-11-27· cited 82×
• Bishop v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-07-16· cited 73×
• Alderman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-02-28· cited 69×
• Phillips v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-11-10· cited 50×
• McKibbins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-10-21· cited 50×
• Perkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-21· cited 47×
• Hall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-12-03· cited 47×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-09-23· cited 46×
• Kinsman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-02-15· cited 45×

Cites

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

• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Godfrey v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-19· cited 1,672×
• Hawes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-11-28· cited 237×
• Gregg v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-10-17· cited 190×
• Fleming v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-11-08· cited 184×
• Hance v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-06-24· cited 158×
• Gates v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-10-24· cited 157×
• Potts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-03-16· cited 157×
• Pulliam v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-02-24· cited 156×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-02-07· cited 150×
• Collier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-10-30· cited 136×
• Floyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-11-26· cited 124×
• Franklin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-01-04· cited 111×
• Dobbs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-02-24· cited 101×
• Corn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-11-08· cited 101×
• Dick v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-11-05· cited 95×
• Stevens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-06-02· cited 94×
• Fair v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-04-09· cited 92×
• Brooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-10-30· cited 92×
• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-04-09· cited 90×