Watts v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• response that verdict was jurors’ verdict “with question” did not render verdict defective — state was required only to remove reasonable doubt from jurors’ minds, not to remove every doubt
• gun is deadly weapon “per se” even when incapable of firing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Gober v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-06-02· cited 83×
• Adsitt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-09-29· cited 70×
• Oakley v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1986-03-19· cited 36×
• Riddle v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-02-24· cited 35×
• Moody v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-01-06· cited 31×
• Letson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-02-09· cited 24×
• Byrd v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-20· cited 20×
• Rhodes v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1986-09-29· cited 19×
• Clark v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-04-13· cited 17×
• Scroggins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-12-05· cited 17×
• Choate v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-03-13· cited 16×
• Veal v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-04-19· cited 14×
• Nation v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-09-17· cited 14×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-11-23· cited 14×
• Mitchell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-09-24· cited 13×
• Clark v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-04-21· cited 11×
• Scruggs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-11-25· cited 10×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-02-16· cited 10×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-01-09· cited 9×
• Drayton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-07-14· cited 9×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Paschal v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1906-05-11· cited 30×
• Herrin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-05-21· cited 29×
• Foster v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-05-31· cited 19×
• Nelson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1908-04-09· cited 15×
• Keller v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-02-07· cited 12×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-06-22· cited 10×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1937-09-09· cited 10×