Thompkins v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• where evidence demands murder verdict, jury instructed on voluntary manslaughter may find defendant guilty on the lesser charge
• evidence demanding verdict of murder will support conviction for voluntary manslaughter where the jury is instructed on the lesser crime

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Reese v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-11-08· cited 204×
• Gore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-03-11· cited 5×
• Wright v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-04-09
• Rodriguez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-07-21

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Swett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-09-26· cited 28×
• Murff v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-09-08· cited 14×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1957-04-02· cited 12×
• Varnum v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1971-11-18· cited 9×
• Holmes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-06-24· cited 6×
• Gardner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1960-06-09· cited 4×
• Fort v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1908-01-27· cited 4×