Wilson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Georgia’s reckless driving statute (now Ga. Code Ann. § 40-6-390), which is similar in substance to the Virginia statute, is not unconstitutionally vague
• “A criminal statute is sufficiently definite if its terms furnish a test based on normal criteria which men of common intelligence who come in contact with the statute may use with reasonable safety in determining its command”
• “A criminal statute is sufficiently definite if its terms furnish a test based on normal 5 criteria which men of common intelligence who come in contact with the statute may use with reasonable safety in determining its command”
• upholding the constitutionality of the predecessor “reckless driving” statute
• upholding the constitutionality of the predecessor \reckless driving\ statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Sabel v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-03-01· cited 96×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-06-30· cited 58×
• State v. Earlenbaugh
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1985-06-19· cited 55×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-07-01· cited 53×
• Hall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-05-12· cited 43×
• State v. Mitter
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-12-15· cited 41×
• Bland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-11-07· cited 35×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-09-08· cited 32×
• Tankersley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-09-04· cited 32×
• Lane v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-01-16· cited 25×
• Hargrove v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-10-02· cited 24×
• Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-03-31· cited 19×
• Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-09-24· cited 17×
• Caby v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-02-17· cited 17×
• Professional Standards Commission v. Alberson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-04-19· cited 14×
• Simmons v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-01-08· cited 10×
• Bilbrey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-07-02· cited 9×
• Chambers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-07-15· cited 9×
• Lindsey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-04-27· cited 8×
• 105 Floyd Road, Inc. v. Crisp County
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-05-23· cited 8×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rose v. Locke
  Supreme Court· 1975-11-17· cited 516×
• Jarrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-04-29· cited 209×
• Dingler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-01-08· cited 173×
• Hayes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1912-07-23· cited 76×
• Coker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-05-20· cited 60×
• Godfrey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-02-27· cited 39×
• Horowitz v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-04-05· cited 21×
• Mixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1970-11-05· cited 19×
• Chumley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-11-04· cited 17×
• Lancaster v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1951-04-19· cited 15×
• Ray v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1933-05-05· cited 14×