State Supreme Court / Ga.

Davis v. State

Decided March 2, 1998. George H. Carley wrote the opinion for the court.

496 S.E.2d 699 · Cited 107 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.

Witcher v. Pender · 392 S.E.2d 6
Tilley v. State · 397 S.E.2d 506
Williams v. State · 251 Ga. 749
Stephens v. State · 405 S.E.2d 483
Matthews v. State · 493 S.E.2d 136
Hightower v. General Motors Corp. · 338 S.E.2d 426
Russell v. State · 455 S.E.2d 34
Haywood v. State · 220 Ga. App. 182
Edge v. State · 414 S.E.2d 463
Johnson v. State · 238 Ga. 59
Williams v. State · 368 S.E.2d 742
Turner v. State · 418 S.E.2d 52
Koritta v. State · 438 S.E.2d 68
Griffin v. State · 481 S.E.2d 223
Priest v. State · 409 S.E.2d 657
Keye v. State · 222 S.E.2d 172
Braddock v. State · 432 S.E.2d 264
New v. State · 396 S.E.2d 486
Scott v. State · 484 S.E.2d 780
Campbell v. State · 440 S.E.2d 5
Allen v. State · 390 S.E.2d 848
Brooks v. State · 415 S.E.2d 903
Scott v. State · 409 S.E.2d 511
Weathersby v. State · 414 S.E.2d 200
Johnson v. State · 477 S.E.2d 439

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Harper v. the State · 330 Ga. App. 561
McBurnette v. State · 236 Ga. App. 398
Glass v. State · 565 S.E.2d 500
Hicks v. State · 695 S.E.2d 195
Blackford v. State · 554 S.E.2d 290
Hannah v. State · 599 S.E.2d 177
McNeal v. State · 715 S.E.2d 95
Hill v. State · 684 S.E.2d 356
Palmer v. the State · 330 Ga. App. 679
Lee v. State · 670 S.E.2d 488
Mason v. State · 712 S.E.2d 76
Butler v. State · 541 S.E.2d 653
Humphreys v. State · 694 S.E.2d 316
Benham v. State · 591 S.E.2d 824
Ballard v. State v. State · 297 Ga. 248
Mills v. State · 700 S.E.2d 544
Carruth v. State · 290 Ga. 342
Jones v. State · 700 S.E.2d 350
Sanders v. State · 721 S.E.2d 834
Davis v. State · 537 S.E.2d 663
Jackson v. State · 316 Ga. App. 588

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