Thomas v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “The conclusion that a party acted in self-defense is one the jury is permitted, but not required, to draw from the evidence”
• “The conclusion that a party acted in self-defense is one the jury is permitted, but not required, to draw from the evidence.”
• review of denial of motion for directed verdict is limited to the legal sufficiency of the evidence
• prior shooting was relevant to rebut defendant’s “contended innocent intention” of self- defense
• the incident must be relevant to the particular case on trial and the testimony must be needed; for instance, when there is no direct way for the State to prove the defendant’s beliefs, motives, or state of mind

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-04-06· cited 100×
• McClesky v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-01-24· cited 73×
• Amadeo v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-05-02· cited 68×
• Barnes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-01-06· cited 45×
• Russell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-04-28· cited 38×
• Natson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-10-31· cited 38×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-27· cited 34×
• Veit v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-04-30· cited 28×
• Roberts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-11-30· cited 24×
• Barrett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-01-18· cited 21×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-07-10· cited 18×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-06-27· cited 17×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-07-10· cited 15×
• Hart v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-05-03· cited 15×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-06-06· cited 14×
• Hargrove v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-02-17· cited 14×
• Buffington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-09-05· cited 13×
• Chadwick v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-09-17· cited 11×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-06-01· cited 11×
• Stephens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-06-21· cited 10×

Cites

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

• Bacon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1952-07-14· cited 223×
• Sanders v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-10-28· cited 99×
• Proctor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-11-24· cited 82×
• Lee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1910-11-11· cited 82×
• Cox v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1927-10-15· cited 62×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-10-28· cited 50×
• Estes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-09-06· cited 47×
• Barrow v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-12-02· cited 46×
• Larkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-04-13· cited 42×
• Cobb v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1962-05-14· cited 40×
• Barrow v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-06-07· cited 36×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-02-05· cited 29×
• McCoy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-06-22· cited 25×
• Barnes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1938-01-06· cited 17×
• Goodman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1937-04-15· cited 15×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-16· cited 14×
• Ellenburg v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-06-28· cited 14×
• McFarlin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-11-10· cited 7×
• Mays v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-10-26· cited 6×
• Seay v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1963-12-04· cited 5×