Bacon v. State

Decided July 14, 1952. J Harold Hawkins wrote the opinion for the court.

71 S.E.2d 615 · Cited 223 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Hunter v. State · 188 Ga. 215
• Henderson v. State · 70 S.E.2d 713
• Palmer v. State · 44 S.E.2d 567
• Robinson v. State · 7 S.E.2d 758
• Mims v. State · 60 S.E.2d 373
• Chambers v. State · 45 S.E.2d 724
• Hodges v. State · 70 S.E.2d 48
• Hodges v. State · 85 Ga. App. 617
• Bacon v. State · 70 S.E.2d 54
• Wright v. State · 46 S.E.2d 216

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• State v. Belt · 505 S.E.2d 1
• Belt v. State · 489 S.E.2d 157
• Coley v. State · 219 S.E.2d 35
• Wimberly v. State · 348 S.E.2d 692
• Sloan v. State · 115 Ga. App. 852
• Johnson v. State · 270 S.E.2d 214
• Brown v. State · 135 S.E.2d 480
• Cardell v. State · 168 S.E.2d 889
• Davis v. State · 115 Ga. App. 338
• Kelley v. State · 105 S.E.2d 798
• Maddox v. State · 160 Ga. App. 860
• Wood v. State · 160 S.E.2d 368
• Robinson v. State · 271 S.E.2d 786
• Millwood v. State · 164 Ga. App. 699
• Head v. State · 271 S.E.2d 452
• Barber v. State · 98 S.E.2d 575
• Roman v. State · 363 S.E.2d 329
• Sudlow v. State · 230 S.E.2d 106
• Kent v. State · 195 S.E.2d 770
• Weems v. State · 419 S.E.2d 346
• Askew v. State · 217 S.E.2d 385

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