Spraggins v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing convictions where the OCGA § 17-7-131 (b) (3) (B) jury instruction was not given and the prosecutor implied during closing argument that a verdict of guilty but mentally ill would result in the defendant’s release
• noting that instruction is required by statute
• noting that instruction is required by statute
• decided under previous version of O CGA § 17- 7-131 (b) (3)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State of Iowa v. Mark Daryl Becker
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2012-07-20· cited 95×
• Ward v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-06-11· cited 69×
• Martin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-11-02· cited 49×
• State v. Patillo
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-06-11· cited 31×
• Zant v. Foster
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-07-03· cited 28×
• People v. Aliwoli
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-11-12· cited 25×
• Foster v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-28· cited 22×
• Jarrells v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-02-08· cited 18×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-03-17· cited 10×
• Guilford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-05-26· cited 9×
• Foster v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-08-19· cited 8×
• United States v. Bankston
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-09-04· cited 7×
• Hollis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-10-24· cited 7×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-11-16· cited 5×
• Bowman v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-07-08· cited 3×
• MacK v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-11-20· cited 2×
• Spivey v. Turpin
  Eleventh Circuit· 2000-03-28

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Henderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-09-08· cited 52×
• Fugitt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-09-23· cited 44×
• Spraggins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-02-06· cited 36×
• Spraggins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-02-21· cited 34×
• Loftin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-09-30· cited 25×
• Davis v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-06-12· cited 2×