State Supreme Court / Ga.

Head v. Hill

Decided October 6, 2003. Leah W. Sears wrote the opinion for the court.

587 S.E.2d 613 · Cited 133 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.

Cooper v. Oklahoma · 517 U.S. 348
Mosher v. State · 491 S.E.2d 348
Head v. Ferrell · 554 S.E.2d 155
Turpin v. Todd · 493 S.E.2d 900
Turpin v. Hill · 498 S.E.2d 52
Luke v. Battle · 565 S.E.2d 816
Smith v. Francis · 325 S.E.2d 362
Black v. Hardin · 336 S.E.2d 754
Stynchcombe v. Floyd · 311 S.E.2d 828
Addington v. Texas · 441 U.S. 418
Jacob v. New York City · 315 U.S. 752
Jenkins v. State · 498 S.E.2d 502
Hill v. State · 427 S.E.2d 770
State v. Towery · 64 P.3d 828
Fleming v. Zant · 386 S.E.2d 339
Lajara v. State · 435 S.E.2d 600
State v. Williams · 831 So. 2d 835
Taylor v. State · 422 S.E.2d 430
Palmer v. State · 517 S.E.2d 502
Valenzuela v. Newsome · 325 S.E.2d 370
Colwell v. State · 544 S.E.2d 120
Turpin v. Mobley · 502 S.E.2d 458
Shorter v. Waters · 571 S.E.2d 373
Gaither v. Gibby · 475 S.E.2d 603
State v. Grell · 66 P.3d 1234

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Bowling v. Commonwealth · 163 S.W.3d 361
Waldrip v. Head · 620 S.E.2d 829
Perkinson v. State · 610 S.E.2d 533
Sears v. Humphrey · 294 Ga. 117
Sellers v. State · 669 S.E.2d 544
Schofield v. Gulley · 614 S.E.2d 740
Douglas v. State · 327 Ga. App. 792
Humphrey v. Riley · 291 Ga. 534
Hood v. State · 666 S.E.2d 674
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