State v. Deason

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting due process challenge to OCGA § 45-11-4, and expressly noting that the constitutionality of OCGA § 17-7-52 was not before the court
• rationale of OCGA § 45-11-4 is that government officials require protections of statute lest \their reputation and efficiency in office. . . be impaired while defending baseless charges\
• “[0]fficersaffordedthe privileges of OCGA § 45-11-4 have generally been, and presently are, county or municipal officers with broad governing power, who are vested with authority which requires them to exercise discretion”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Dudley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-02-16· cited 23×
• Mapp v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-06-24· cited 18×
• State v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 7×
• Lundy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-05-01· cited 5×
• Ellis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-11-30· cited 4×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-16· cited 3×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-05-07· cited 2×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Dandridge v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-20· cited 3,777×
• McLennan v. Aldredge
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1968-01-04· cited 41×
• Browning v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-06-27· cited 17×
• Axson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-03-12· cited 5×
• Dyer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1909-11-09· cited 3×