Birt v. State

Decided November 25, 1986. Thomas O. Marshall wrote the opinion for the court.

350 S.E.2d 241 · Cited 65 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.

• State v. Fleming · 267 S.E.2d 207
• Hunnicutt v. Hunnicutt · 248 Ga. 516
• Cargill v. State · 340 S.E.2d 891
• Jones v. State · 275 S.E.2d 67
• McDonald v. State · 151 S.E.2d 121
• Birt v. Hopper · 265 S.E.2d 276
• Carter v. State · 271 S.E.2d 475
• Deen v. State · 116 S.E.2d 595
• Wages v. State · 302 S.E.2d 112
• Buford v. State · 291 S.E.2d 256
• Howard v. Department of Human Resources · 157 Ga. App. 306
• Quarterman v. Memorial Medical Center · 335 S.E.2d 589
• Riggins v. State · 285 S.E.2d 579
• Jordan v. Hodges · 291 S.E.2d 778

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• Rice v. Cannon · 641 S.E.2d 562
• Patterson v. Butler · 187 Ga. App. 740
• Christensen v. State · 537 S.E.2d 446
• Henderson v. McVay · 494 S.E.2d 653
• Post v. State v. State v. State · 298 Ga. 241
• Johnson v. State · 602 S.E.2d 623
• Butler v. BIVEN SOFTWARE, INC. · 522 S.E.2d 1
• In Re Shafer · 215 Ga. App. 520
• DeKalb County v. Adams · 272 Ga. 401
• Wellons v. State · 463 S.E.2d 868
• Baptiste v. State · 494 S.E.2d 530
• Berry v. State · 481 S.E.2d 203
• Propst v. Morgan · 708 S.E.2d 291
• Mondy v. Magnolia Advanced Materials, Inc. · 815 S.E.2d 70
• Heidt v. State · 292 Ga. 343
• Sweatman v. State · 352 S.E.2d 796
• State v. Smith · 573 S.E.2d 64
• Bevil v. State · 467 S.E.2d 586
• Gude v. State · 709 S.E.2d 206
• Department of Transportation v. City of Atlanta · 398 S.E.2d 567
• Patel v. State · 713 S.E.2d 381
• In the Interest of JO · 382 S.E.2d 214

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