Supreme Court of Georgia· 2/1/2016
White v. State
Citations
- 298 Ga. 416
- 782 S.E.2d 280
- 2016 Ga. LEXIS 105
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 “fact that [the defendant] was merely the driver and did not actually fire the gun does not undermine the legal sufficiency of the evidence against him” where the evidence showed that he was a party to the crimes
- evidence of defendant's participation as the driver in a drive-by shooting was sufficient to support his convictions as a party to the crimes of murder and unlawful possession of a firearm
- evidence of defendant’s participation as the driver in a drive-by shooting was sufficient to support his convictions as a party to the crimes of murder and unlawful possession of a firearm
- “A person who does not directly commit a crime may be convicted upon proof that a crime was committed and that person was a party to it.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
- “The fact that [the defendant] was merely the driver and did not actually fire the gun does not undermine the legal sufficiency of the evidence against him.”
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Judges: Blackwell
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- McGRUDER v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2018-05-07· cited 35×
- MUSE v. THE STATE (Three Cases)Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-06-21· cited 27×
- ROOKS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-10-24· cited 20×
- HALL, WARDEN v. JACKSON (And Vice Versa)Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-02-01· cited 15×
- Burke v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2025-01-28· cited 10×
- Saylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2023-05-02· cited 7×
- Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2016-07-05· cited 5×
- Richardson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2026-05-19
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 5,389×
- Mickens v. TaylorSupreme Court· 2002-03-27· cited 1,451×
- Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
- Powell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 75×
- Barrett v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 45×
- Abernathy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-30· cited 40×
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1998-01-26· cited 27×
- Escutia v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2003-11-17· cited 25×
- Tolbert v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 17×
- Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2015-02-02· cited 14×
- Amos v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2015-10-05· cited 12×
- Ferguson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-15· cited 11×
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-01-20· cited 3×
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