State Supreme Court / Ga.

Elliott v. State

Decided February 18, 2019. Nels S.D. Peterson wrote the opinion for the court.

824 S.E.2d 265 · Cited 196 times

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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.

Olevik v. State · 302 Ga. 228
Aldrich v. State · 137 S.E.2d 463
Emmett v. State · 25 S.E.2d 9
Fouts v. State · 239 S.E.2d 366
Smith v. Baptiste · 694 S.E.2d 83
Bibb County v. Hancock · 86 S.E.2d 511
Simpson v. Simpson · 209 S.E.2d 611
Presnell v. State · 243 S.E.2d 496
Thompson v. Talmadge · 41 S.E.2d 883
Bloomfield v. Liggett & Myers, Inc. · 198 S.E.2d 144
Creamer v. State · 192 S.E.2d 350
English v. State · 216 S.E.2d 851
Holt v. United States · 218 U.S. 245
Howard v. State · 228 S.E.2d 860
Griffin v. Vandegriff · 53 S.E.2d 345
Howard v. State · 70 S.E.2d 870
Williams v. State · 296 Ga. 817
City of Thomaston v. Bridges · 264 Ga. 4
Counselman v. Hitchcock · 142 U.S. 547
United States v. Wong Kim Ark · 169 U.S. 649
Ingram v. State · 323 S.E.2d 801
State v. Davis · 256 P.3d 1075
State v. Bentley · 54 So. 2d 137
Dennis v. State · 175 S.E.2d 17
McKnight v. City of Decatur · 37 S.E.2d 915

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State v. Turnquest · 827 S.E.2d 865
City of Coll. Park v. Clayton Cnty. · 830 S.E.2d 179
Conley v. Pate · 825 S.E.2d 135
State v. Orr · 827 S.E.2d 892
City of Guyton v. Barrow · 828 S.E.2d 366
Licata v. State · 826 S.E.2d 94

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