State Supreme Court / Ga.

Collins v. State

Decided March 6, 1979. Horace Elmo Nichols wrote the opinion for the court.

253 S.E.2d 729 · Cited 66 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.

Floyd v. State · 210 S.E.2d 810
McCorquodale v. State · 211 S.E.2d 577
Thomas v. State · 242 S.E.2d 1
Prevatte v. State · 214 S.E.2d 365
Young v. State · 230 S.E.2d 287
Hawes v. State · 240 S.E.2d 833
Gregg v. State · 210 S.E.2d 659
Fleming v. State · 240 S.E.2d 37
Pulliam v. State · 224 S.E.2d 8
Birt v. State · 225 S.E.2d 248
Joyner v. State · 67 S.E.2d 221
House v. State · 205 S.E.2d 217
Berryhill v. State · 221 S.E.2d 185
Merino v. State · 198 S.E.2d 311
State v. Middlebrooks · 222 S.E.2d 343
Dobbs v. State · 224 S.E.2d 3
Corn v. State · 240 S.E.2d 694
Alderman v. State · 246 S.E.2d 642
Spivey v. State · 246 S.E.2d 288
Mitchell v. State · 214 S.E.2d 900
Eberheart v. State · 206 S.E.2d 12
Blake v. State · 236 S.E.2d 637
Hall v. State · 244 S.E.2d 833
Smith v. State · 222 S.E.2d 308
Stanley v. State · 241 S.E.2d 173

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Dick v. State · 273 S.E.2d 124
Durham v. State · 254 S.E.2d 359
Felker v. State · 314 S.E.2d 621
Waters v. State · 283 S.E.2d 238
Collier v. State · 261 S.E.2d 364
Gavin v. State · 891 So. 2d 907
State v. Monroe · 397 So. 2d 1258
Brown v. State · 295 S.E.2d 727
Jones v. State · 256 S.E.2d 907
Foster v. State · 374 S.E.2d 188
Ross v. State · 326 S.E.2d 194
Devier v. State · 323 S.E.2d 150
Ford v. State · 335 S.E.2d 567
Williams v. State · 368 S.E.2d 742
Curry v. State · 336 S.E.2d 762
McClesky v. State · 263 S.E.2d 146
Williams v. State · 461 So. 2d 834
Pruitt v. State · 373 S.E.2d 192
Wright v. State · 494 So. 2d 726
Allen v. State · 321 S.E.2d 710
Belisle v. State · 11 So. 3d 256

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