Stinson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an indictment charging the appellant with felony murder by causing the death of the victim “‘while in the commission of a felony, to wit: aggravated assault’” 45 was not subject to a general demurrer
• seeking greater specificity as to predicate offense of felony murder charge would be done in a special demurrer
• seeking greater specificity as to predicate offense of felony murder charge would be done in a special demurrer
• indictment redacted to one count charging felony murder based on “aggravated assault” without alleging the elements of that predicate crime was not subject to general demurrer
• if accused can admit to the allegations and still not be guilty of a crime, the indictment is insufficient and the conviction void
• if accused can admit to the allegations and still not be guilty of a crime, the indictment is insufficient and the conviction void

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-01-18· cited 52×
• Palmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-09-24· cited 51×
• Roberts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-10-09· cited 38×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-05-15· cited 35×
• Hester v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-03-31· cited 32×
• State v. Wilson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-09-25· cited 28×
• Parker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-08· cited 21×
• Edmond v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-05-19· cited 21×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-03-06· cited 20×
• Adams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-27· cited 19×
• Coleman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-29· cited 16×
• Daniels v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-09-13· cited 15×
• Chapman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-02· cited 15×
• Sanders v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-02-15· cited 14×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-29· cited 13×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-05-14· cited 11×
• Crouch v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-11-21· cited 11×
• Croft v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-07· cited 10×
• Sanders v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-12-11· cited 10×
• Burley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-05-31· cited 10×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• State v. Eubanks
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-09-07· cited 150×
• Smith v. Hardrick
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-12-04· cited 95×
• Lowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-04-29· cited 40×
• Borders v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-08· cited 37×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 32×
• Totten v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-02-10· cited 19×
• Mikenney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 13×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-02-10· cited 6×
• Stinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-03-02· cited 5×