Sparks v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “It follows that defendant’s trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance by failing to seek specific performance of a non-existent plea bargain.”
• “ ‘The promise of a benefit that will render a confession involuntary under OCGA § 24-3-50 must relate to the charge or sentence facing the suspect.’ ”
• “ ‘The promise of a benefit that will render a confession involuntary under OCGA§ 24-3-50 must relate to the charge or sentence facing the suspect.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Glass v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-05-03· cited 67×
• Jerome Byrd v. Greg Skipper
  Sixth Circuit· 2019-10-08· cited 36×
• Durrance v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-04-24· cited 28×
• Clue v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-06-15· cited 20×
• Scott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 18×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-05-05· cited 14×
• Nichols v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-09-28· cited 14×
• Umbehaum v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-09-06· cited 12×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-02-16· cited 11×
• Frei v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-11-20· cited 9×
• Syms v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-18· cited 9×
• State v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-05-19· cited 8×
• Stone v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-02-09· cited 7×
• State v. Harper
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-02-23· cited 7×
• Gonzalez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-01· cited 5×
• Griffin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-17· cited 5×
• State v. Leverette
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-02-18· cited 5×
• Cooper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-10-11· cited 2×
• Getkate v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-09-13· cited 1×
• Tucker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-06-23· cited 1×

Cites

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

• Avery v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1953-07-14· cited 541×
• State v. Stonaker
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-01-08· cited 349×
• Patton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1903-02-13· cited 105×
• Messer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-03-03· cited 82×
• State v. Alvarado
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-11-08· cited 76×
• Inman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1884-04-08· cited 60×
• State v. Hanson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-09-08· cited 56×
• Avery v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1952-04-14· cited 44×
• Barner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 39×
• Prior v. Hilton & Dodge Lumber Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1913-12-11· cited 38×
• Butler v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-09-13· cited 27×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-01-08· cited 25×
• Martin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-03-16· cited 23×
• Purvis v. Atlanta Northern Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1916-07-13· cited 17×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1918-07-11· cited 17×
• Gadson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-06-13· cited 16×
• Amwest Surety Insurance v. Ra-Lin & Associates, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-03-08· cited 15×
• State Highway Department v. MacDougald Construction Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1936-09-26· cited 14×
• Comer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-02-17· cited 9×
• Yearwood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-01-10· cited 8×