State v. Riggs

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the split-sentence requirement for defendant convicted of a sexual offense applied to each sexual offense count rather than aggregate sentence
• explaining that it is for the trial courts to exercise the discretion to “fashion sentences that fit the crimes for which the defendant is convicted, so long as the sentences fall within the statutory ranges”
• discussing trial court’s discretion to sentence a defendant within the statutory range for each count of conviction
• interpreting OCGA § 17-10-6.2 as requiring a split sentence for each conviction for applicable sexual offenses
• noting that under OCGA § 17-10-6.2 (b) “a defendant convicted of a sexual offense must receive a split sentence: that is, a sentence that includes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment followed by an additional probated sentence of at least one year”
• defining a “split sentence” as “a sentence that includes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment followed by an additional probated sentence of at least one year”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Seals v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-06-18· cited 62×
• Blackwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-01-29· cited 39×
• Gibson v. Gibson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-06-05· cited 34×
• Shawn Daniel Meintz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-01-30· cited 33×
• Patton v. Vanterpool
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-16· cited 26×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-02-21· cited 24×
• SILLAH v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-02-07· cited 17×
• JACKSON v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-02-06· cited 15×
• Parrott v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-10-05· cited 13×
• HOOD v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-10-19· cited 12×
• Plummer v. Plummer
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-01-22· cited 11×
• Salim Hamlett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-05-08· cited 9×
• Tuggle v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-03-04· cited 8×
• Price v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-04-19· cited 8×
• Starks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-11-05· cited 6×
• Ivan Cruz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-06-20· cited 5×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-05-29· cited 5×
• DANIELS v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-01-02· cited 4×
• BROWN v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-05-03· cited 3×
• Jumar Greer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-11-27

Cites

40 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Smith v. Hooey
  Supreme Court· 1969-01-20· cited 1,132×
• Oregon v. Ice
  Supreme Court· 2009-01-14· cited 683×
• Deal v. Coleman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-11-18· cited 498×
• Ruffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-30· cited 168×
• Simmons v. Georgia Iron & Coal Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1903-03-13· cited 92×
• Rooney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-01· cited 80×
• Keller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-28· cited 65×
• May v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-30· cited 57×
• State v. Hudson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-09-23· cited 56×
• New v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-27· cited 52×
• Palmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-09-24· cited 51×
• Turner v. Georgia River Network, Grady County Board of Commissioners v. Georgia River Network
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-15· cited 49×
• Haugen v. Henry County
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-03-01· cited 48×
• State v. Rogers
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1991-05-23· cited 41×
• State v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-10-20· cited 36×
• Merritt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-15· cited 35×
• Sinkfield v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-05-27· cited 27×
• Monroe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-10-05· cited 26×
• Lawson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-09-26· cited 25×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-09-09· cited 24×