State Supreme Court / Ga.

Burney v. State

Decided July 3, 1979. Thomas O. Marshall wrote the opinion for the court.

244 Ga. 33 · Cited 72 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.

Krist v. Caldwell · 198 S.E.2d 161
Heard v. State · 189 S.E.2d 895
Bloomfield v. Liggett & Myers, Inc. · 198 S.E.2d 144
Johnson v. State · 209 S.E.2d 629
Patterson v. State · 238 S.E.2d 2
Loomis v. State · 51 S.E.2d 13
Sims v. State · 144 S.E.2d 103
McHan v. State · 207 S.E.2d 457
Long v. State · 166 S.E.2d 365
Jackson v. State · 254 S.E.2d 739
Hudson v. State · 239 S.E.2d 330
Murphy v. State · 209 S.E.2d 101
Moyers v. State · 6 S.E.2d 438
Hiatt v. State · 240 S.E.2d 894
Crawford v. State · 205 S.E.2d 276
Thomas v. State · 241 S.E.2d 204

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Hance v. State · 268 S.E.2d 339
Clarke v. Zant · 275 S.E.2d 49
Dick v. State · 273 S.E.2d 124
Arrington v. State · 687 S.E.2d 438
State v. Gethers · 197 Conn. 369
McClesky v. State · 263 S.E.2d 146
Kennebrew v. State · 480 S.E.2d 1
Green v. State · 272 S.E.2d 475
Wallace v. State · 282 S.E.2d 325
Johnson v. State · 269 S.E.2d 18
Depree v. State · 271 S.E.2d 155
Mullins v. Lavoie · 290 S.E.2d 472
Garvey v. State · 335 S.E.2d 640
Nelms v. Georgian Manor Condominium Ass'n · 321 S.E.2d 330
Newby v. State · 288 S.E.2d 889
Hines v. State · 626 S.E.2d 601
Hasty v. State · 215 Ga. App. 155
Wallace v. State · 273 S.E.2d 143
Ealy v. State · 306 S.E.2d 275
Myron v. State · 281 S.E.2d 600
Jones v. State · 319 S.E.2d 18

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