Woods v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that a constitutional challenge to a sentencing statute is timely if asserted after verdict, but prior to sentencing
• holding that when a crime is penalized by a special law, the general provisions of the penal code are not applicable
• holding that when “a crime is penalized by a special law, the general provisions of the penal code are not applicable”
• holdingthat when a crime is penalized by a special law, the general provisions of the penal code are not applicable
• holding defendant’s constitutional challenge to a sentencing statute, which was raised after the verdict 4 but prior to sentencing, was “made at the first opportunity and, therefore, was timely”
• “It is incumbent upon the Court to question its jurisdiction in all cases in which jurisdiction may be in doubt.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-05· cited 33×
• State v. Nankervis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-30· cited 28×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-09-12· cited 24×
• Sentinel Offender Services, LLC v. Glover
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-24· cited 23×
• Souder v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-11-02· cited 20×
• Gonzales v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-02-21· cited 20×
• Smallwood v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-11-12· cited 16×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-19· cited 11×
• Dowling v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-04-14· cited 10×
• Walker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-05-18· cited 10×
• State v. HARRIS (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-05-16· cited 10×
• Poole v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-02-23· cited 8×
• McWhorter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-09-27· cited 7×
• Tamara Cotman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-08-11· cited 6×
• Richards v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-04· cited 5×
• Regan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-11-02· cited 4×
• Sosebee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-12-14· cited 3×
• Mamadou Lamine Sambou v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-02-16
• Austin Tybre Ford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-07-11
• Genesis L. Harper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-11-25

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Rowland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-01-24· cited 927×
• State v. Mann
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1999-11-17· cited 92×
• Kolokouris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 71×
• Gee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1969-11-06· cited 57×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-05-19· cited 38×
• Rowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-01-08· cited 32×
• Hardeman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-05-01· cited 27×
• Perez-Castillo v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-04-15· cited 19×
• Kryder v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1956-02-14· cited 19×
• Raftis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-09-03· cited 18×
• Schmid v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1970-01-26· cited 17×
• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-11-21· cited 15×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-12-03· cited 10×
• Watson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-02-10· cited 8×