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.

• “[A]n affirmative defense of accident generally requires an admission by the defendant [who is charged with murder] that she committed the act that caused the victim’s death.”
• accident defense unwarranted where defendant's theory was that victim accidently started fire herself
• accident defense unwarranted where defendant’s theory was that victim accidentally started fire herself

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• McClure v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-07· cited 48×
• Wade v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-06-18· cited 25×
• Kellam v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-02-22· cited 12×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Bruton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 8,792×
• Mangrum v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-15· cited 54×
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-02-25· cited 36×
• Rucker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-09-22· cited 32×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-12-01· cited 24×
• Carr v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-07-07· cited 19×
• Currier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-01-21· cited 19×
• Junior v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-11-21· cited 17×
• Sharpe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-05-29· cited 16×
• Mathis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-05-20· cited 4×