Wetzel v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• defining “unlawful” as “[c]ontrary to or prohibited by law; not conforming to, permitted by, or recognized by law; illegal; unjust, wrongful”
• “The final indicator of the statute’s meaning comes from the fact that the General Assembly chose to retain (with technologically updated language
• “It is not the responsibility of this Court or of the trial court to scour the Criminal Code in search of some offense that might fit that bill.”
• “Generally it is not [harmful] error to charge the jury on a portion of the Code section 25 that may be inapplicable under the facts in evidence.”
• courts must avoid “interpreting statutes in a manner that renders any portion of them surplusage or meaningless”
• “[G]enerally it is not [harmful] error to charge the jury on a portion of the Code section that may be inapplicable under the facts in evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, Inc. v. Ichthus Community Trust
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 36×
• Premier Health Care Investments, LLC v. Uhs of Anchor, L.P
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-05· cited 36×
• ROOKS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-10-24· cited 20×
• Daniel v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-08-14· cited 19×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-01-29· cited 19×
• Saffold v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-03-21· cited 14×
• Wilkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-28· cited 12×
• Smith v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-03-01· cited 9×
• COEN v. APTEAN, INC.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 9×
• Caldwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-05-03· cited 8×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-04-05· cited 7×
• UHS OF ANCHOR, L.P. v. DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH Et Al.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-25· cited 4×
• Parham v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-09-08· cited 3×
• Yash Solutions, LLC v. New York Global Consultants Corporation
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-10-04
• Kevin Chad Hardy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-04-25
• JOHNSON v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-01-29
• Fuller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-06-24
• Maria Terrell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-02-20
• Jacob Perry Yeamans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-02-16
• Leonard Antonio Tate-Jesurum v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-06-22

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sparf v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1895-01-21· cited 757×
• Deal v. Coleman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-11-18· cited 498×
• De Palma v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1969-09-08· cited 211×
• Braley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 70×
• Berryhill v. Georgia Community Support & Solutions, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-11-28· cited 49×
• Chase v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-02-02· cited 49×
• State v. Caffee
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-04-11· cited 39×
• Montello Salt Co. v. Utah
  Supreme Court· 1911-05-29· cited 38×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-03-28· cited 35×
• Chapman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-06-04· cited 30×
• East Georgia Land & Development Co. v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 24×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-01· cited 20×
• Frix v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-06-25· cited 17×
• Hill v. Owens
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-02-04· cited 17×
• Slack v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-01-05· cited 9×
• Hill v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-27· cited 8×
• Welker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-23· cited 3×