Worley 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 the plain meaning of a former version of the sentencing statute, OCGA § 17-10-1 (a), did not prevent a trial court from imposing a sentence of life imprisonment for armed robbery, whether or not the offender was sentenced as a recidivist
• interpreting effect of language in OCGA § 17-10-1 as rewritten by the Code Revision Committee
• claiming sentencing statute required determinate term between five and twenty years
• rejecting argument that person convicted of armed robbery must be given sentence for a determinate number of years rather than a life sentence unless he is sentenced to life as a recidivist under OCGA § 17-10-7
• “[T] he armed robbery statute clearly specifies that a person convicted of armed robbery can be sentenced to prison for life ”
• “[T]he armed robbery statute clearly specifies that a person convicted of armed robbery can be sentenced to prison for life or a determinate term between five and 20 years[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-05-17· cited 192×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-15· cited 66×
• Echols v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-05· cited 24×
• Shelton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-01-24· cited 17×
• Issa v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-01-31· cited 15×
• Benefield v. State Ex Rel. Baker
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-01-13· cited 12×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-11-20· cited 11×
• Singleton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-09-30· cited 7×
• Hudson v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-10-22· cited 6×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-08-01· cited 5×
• Hicks v. Florida State Board of Administration
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-02-11· cited 5×
• Gillespie v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-08-17· cited 5×
• Baez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-08-12· cited 4×
• Charter Medical Infomation Services, Inc. v. Collins
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-05-28· cited 3×
• Jefferson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-28· cited 3×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-02-05· cited 2×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-06-25· cited 1×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-09-02
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-07
• Carlton Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-09-10

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gregg v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-10-17· cited 190×
• Arnold v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-04-06· cited 133×
• Board of Trustees of the Policemen's Pension Fund v. Christy
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-10-16· cited 82×
• Hambrick v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-06-24· cited 67×
• Cottingham v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-10-20· cited 44×
• Jefferson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-07-16· cited 40×
• Worley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-10-21· cited 19×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-05-25· cited 9×
• Porter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-11-01· cited 8×
• Browner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-10-13· cited 3×