State v. Perry

How courts have described this case

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

• trial court abused discretion in dismissing, sua sponte, charges against defendant arising out of fight on school grounds; school system’s request that charges be dropped did not provide legal basis for dismissal
• trial court abused discretion in dismissing, sua sponte, charges against defendant arising out of fight on school grounds; school system's request that charges be dropped did not provide legal basis for dismissal
• “In the district attorney’s [or solicitor-general’s] role as an administrator of justice, he or she has broa discretion in making decisions prior to trial about whom to prosecute what charges to bring, and which sentence to seek.”

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Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Brooks
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-12-01· cited 20×
• Roberts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-06-28· cited 11×
• State v. Bachan
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-05-03· cited 10×
• Smith v. Goode (In Re Smith)
  M.D. Georgia· 2003-10-24· cited 7×
• State v. Santiago
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-08-24· cited 4×
• CSEHY v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-06-29· cited 3×
• SURH v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 2×
• State v. Nathaniel Broughton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-02-18· cited 1×
• The State v. Ozment
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-07-13
• State v. Sara Walker
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-07-13
• State v. Shaun Michael Bachan
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-05-03
• State v. Domingo Santiago
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-08-24

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ambles v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-09-11· cited 75×
• State v. Wooten
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-03-02· cited 42×
• Grimsley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-08-06· cited 22×
• State v. Colquitt
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-10-18· cited 14×
• Shire v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-07· cited 13×
• Simile v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-01-09· cited 6×
• Bartlett v. Caldwell
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-01-17· cited 6×