Swanson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “To authorize a jury instruction, there need only be slight evidence at trial supporting the theory of the charge.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gaston v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-01-13· cited 47×
• Sawyer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-28· cited 27×
• DRAUGHN v. THE STATE (Three Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-05-03· cited 23×
• DEBELBOT v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-28· cited 21×
• Brooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-08-24· cited 20×
• Zayas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-05-29· cited 18×
• Treadaway v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-06-01· cited 16×
• Woods v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-08-24· cited 11×
• Floyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-02-20· cited 8×
• Mathis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-06-16· cited 4×
• Kinlaw v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-10-11· cited 4×
• Crawford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-09-21· cited 3×
• Craft v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-05-28· cited 1×
• Danmond Slack v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-03-13
• Danmond Slack v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-04-03

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Romer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-07-01· cited 233×
• Wesley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 208×
• Woodard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-27· cited 119×
• Coleman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-09· cited 103×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 75×
• Marshall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-29· cited 67×
• Benham v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-01-12· cited 57×
• Barrett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 45×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-06· cited 36×
• Debelbot v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-03-13· cited 26×
• Shields v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-02-14· cited 20×
• Calloway v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-02-05· cited 18×
• Kendrick v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-07-05· cited 17×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-05-11· cited 17×
• State v. Newman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-04-29· cited 17×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-22· cited 12×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-17· cited 12×
• Mays v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-07-13· cited 7×