Wells v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that second-degree cruelty to children, which requires proof of criminal negligence, is a lesser included offense of first-degree child cruelty, which requires proof of malice
• evidence of cruelty to children in the second degree as a lesser included offense was sufficient to support conviction where the defendant had caused burns to the child, even if accidentally
• addressing first- and second-degree cruelty to children offenses

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Allaben v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-11-25· cited 31×
• Morast v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-09-05· cited 5×
• Pittmon v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-09-26
• Pedro Tamayo v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-05-01

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Glenn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-09-13· cited 30×
• Hill v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-04-14· cited 24×
• Gore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-02-15· cited 12×
• Mahone v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-02· cited 8×
• Lee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-08-11· cited 7×
• Bay v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-03-04· cited 6×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-05-31· cited 5×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-05-25· cited 1×