State v. English

How courts have described this case

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

• “[C]riminal statutes must be construed strictly against the State and in favor of the accused.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Dixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-05-03· cited 54×
• Metz v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-11-03· cited 45×
• Kimbrough v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-04-17· cited 40×
• Hester v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-03-31· cited 32×
• State v. Wyatt
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-02· cited 32×
• Hall v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-07-08· cited 26×
• State v. Grube
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-03· cited 26×
• Gordon v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 25×
• Hinkson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-19· cited 25×
• State v. Delaby
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-06· cited 20×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-06-27· cited 20×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-01-27· cited 19×
• Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Rozier
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-06-07· cited 17×
• State v. Hudson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-15· cited 16×
• State v. Coleman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-08-19· cited 14×
• Sanders v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-02-15· cited 14×
• Bradford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-03-10· cited 13×
• State v. Barnett
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-08-05· cited 13×
• State v. Varner
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-11-26· cited 12×
• Walden v. Shelton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-10-29· cited 8×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hall v. Hopper
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-06-02· cited 129×
• Smith v. Hardrick
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-12-04· cited 95×
• Burke v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-06-02· cited 93×
• Sikes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-05-12· cited 35×
• Gordy Tire Co. v. Dayton Rubber Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1960-05-05· cited 35×
• Pye v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-03-11· cited 26×
• Coalson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-10-05· cited 20×
• Snider v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-04-21· cited 19×
• D'AURIA v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-02-08· cited 19×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-03-26· cited 16×
• Palmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-07-12· cited 13×
• Tucker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-08-15· cited 11×
• Rawls v. Hunter
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-09-09· cited 8×
• Beavers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-05-02· cited 5×