State v. Pittman

How courts have described this case

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

• finding indictment that in one count tracked the generic language of OCGA § 16-14-4(a) and then in other counts included detailed predicate acts was sufficient to withstand special demurrer
• “The indictment is read as a whole, and one part may incorporate other parts.”
• \Due process is satisfied where an indictment puts a defendant on notice of the crimes with which he is charged and against which he must defend.\ (citation omitted)
• “The two requirements of an indictment are that it definitively inform the accused of the charges against him, so that he may present his defense and avoid surprises at trial, and that it protect the accused against another prosecution for the same offense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Corhen
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-09-15· cited 26×
• Everhart v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-05-25· cited 15×
• State v. Marshall
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-07-07· cited 11×
• Doe v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-10-05· cited 6×
• State v. Leatherwood
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-04-01· cited 5×
• State v. Hood
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-12-15· cited 4×
• CARR v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-14· cited 4×
• Heather Kimbrough v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-24· cited 3×
• State v. Ed Daniel Leatherwood
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-04-01
• Tommy Lamar Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-02-10
• John C. Huber v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-06-27

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Delaby
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-06· cited 20×
• Adams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-03-17· cited 12×
• Grant v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-05-27· cited 7×
• Pasha v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-06-21· cited 4×
• Bradford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-29· cited 3×