State v. Chapman

How courts have described this case

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

• “Pleadings, motions, and orders are construed according to their substance and function and not merely by nomenclature.”
• “Pleadings, motions, and orders are construed according to their substance and function and not merely by nomenclature.”
• “orders are construed according to their substance and function and not merely by nomenclature”
• trial court’s declaration of a mistrial following the entry of the verdict “[notwithstanding nomenclature ... was in substance the sua sponte grant of a new trial, and we will therefore treat it as such”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• BOYD v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-05-17· cited 6×
• Epstiner v. Spears
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-02-10· cited 5×
• In the Interest of R. M.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-11-18· cited 2×
• Jones v. Spruill
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-05-24· cited 1×
• Coleman Riley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-09-10
• Sedarious Deangelo Scott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-06-13
• Ronald Lynch v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-10-30
• In the Interest Of: R. M., a Child
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-11-18

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Malcolm v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
• Baker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-11-12· cited 62×
• Hinton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-06-12· cited 53×
• O'NEAL v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-05-04· cited 49×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-11-10· cited 26×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-04-09· cited 25×
• State v. Freeman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-02· cited 22×
• State v. Sumlin
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-30· cited 19×
• Neal v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-10-13· cited 17×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-05· cited 16×
• Holmes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 16×
• State v. Jorgensen
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-01-09· cited 10×
• Mims v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-02-16· cited 9×
• Crowder v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-08-23· cited 7×
• McCullers v. Harrell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-08· cited 4×