Waters 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 the fatal injury to a murder victim may be considered as satisfying the bodily injury component of the capital felony of kidnapping with bodily injury
• “[w]e arbitrarily eliminate the aggravating factor as to one of the victims”
• \[w]e arbitrarily eliminate the aggravating factor as to one of the victims\
• statute not unconstitutionally vague in failing to define the term \bodily injury\
• statute not unconstitutionally vague in failing to define the term “bodily injury”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• Walton v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1990-08-30· cited 1,614×
• Eurus Kelly Waters v. Albert G. Thomas, Warden Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
  Eleventh Circuit· 1995-04-04· cited 558×
• Isaacs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-11-30· cited 201×
• Pope v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-07-16· cited 182×
• State v. Moore
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1991-01-23· cited 176×
• Castell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-03-16· cited 169×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-01-06· cited 169×
• Spivey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-07-02· cited 163×
• Chancey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-11-13· cited 154×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-02-13· cited 154×
• Ingram v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-11-27· cited 151×
• Childs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-06-18· cited 149×
• Conner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-05-24· cited 147×
• Bright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-17· cited 143×
• Gates v. Zant
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-27· cited 136×
• Romine v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-12-02· cited 135×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-10-05· cited 129×
• E.K. Wilcox, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. J. Paul Ford, Warden, Cross-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1987-04-03· cited 118×
• Walraven v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-11-23· cited 115×

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Murphy v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-16· cited 1,568×
• Hawes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-11-28· cited 237×
• Jarrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-04-29· cited 209×
• Gregg v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-10-17· cited 190×
• Fleming v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-11-08· cited 184×
• Gates v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-10-24· cited 157×
• Potts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-03-16· cited 157×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-02-07· cited 150×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1897-04-02· cited 146×
• Jordan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-03-12· cited 144×
• Whitlock v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-06-21· cited 133×
• Peek v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-09-06· cited 127×
• House v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-04-04· cited 125×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-10-17· cited 113×
• Patterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-09-06· cited 111×
• Stephens v. Hopper
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-07-06· cited 101×
• Stevens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-06-02· cited 94×
• Brooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-10-30· cited 92×
• Messer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-03-03· cited 82×

Other cases named Waters v. State

174 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Waters v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1971-03-25· cited 161×
• Waters v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2003-12-09· cited 113×
• Waters v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-08-31· cited 55×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-05-30· cited 50×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1879-06-17· cited 31×
• Waters v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2011-02-16· cited 28×
• Waters v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-07-10· cited 26×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-07-14· cited 22×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-02-21· cited 21×
• Waters v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-16· cited 21×
• Waters v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1981-02-04· cited 21×
• Waters v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1982-03-11· cited 18×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-09-16· cited 18×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1843-12-15· cited 18×
• Waters v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1980-11-10· cited 17×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1975-06-30· cited 17×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-07-03· cited 16×
• Waters v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-07-15· cited 14×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1969-05-07· cited 13×
• Waters v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1924-06-16· cited 13×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1970-11-13· cited 12×
• Waters v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1978-02-17· cited 12×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1914-10-20· cited 12×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-05-01· cited 11×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-12-03· cited 11×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1967-10-18· cited 11×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1954-07-07· cited 10×
• Waters v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-01-22· cited 10×
• Waters v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-07-31· cited 10×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1891-10-24· cited 10×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1996-10-04· cited 8×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1951-01-25· cited 8×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1950-10-31· cited 8×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-04-01· cited 8×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-03-07· cited 8×
• Waters v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-03-06· cited 8×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-05-02· cited 8×
• Waters v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1875-01-15· cited 8×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-09-17· cited 7×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-10-30· cited 7×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2003-02-14· cited 7×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2013-12-20· cited 7×
• Waters v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1916-11-15· cited 7×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1920-07-29· cited 7×
• Waters v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-05-16· cited 6×
• Waters v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-03-05· cited 6×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1959-06-09· cited 6×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-26· cited 6×
• Waters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1987-12-31· cited 6×
• Waters v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-12-19· cited 6×