Supreme Court of Georgia· 1/19/2016
Watson v. State
Citations
- 298 Ga. 348
- 782 S.E.2d 18
- 2016 Ga. LEXIS 88
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- “Reluctance, or fighting to repel an unprovoked attack, is self-defense, . . . and should not be confused with mutual combat.”
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Judges: Nahmias
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Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-07· cited 546×
- Vega v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-09· cited 340×
- Joyner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1951-10-10· cited 139×
- White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-28· cited 85×
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2015-09-14· cited 21×
- Berrian v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2015-10-05· cited 14×
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