Powell v. State

Decided November 23, 1998. Leah W. Sears wrote the opinion for the court.

510 S.E.2d 18 · Cited 106 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.

• Christensen v. State · 468 S.E.2d 188
• Gryczan v. State · 942 P.2d 112
• Zant v. Prevatte · 286 S.E.2d 715
• State v. Bateman · 547 P.2d 6
• Gouldman-Taber Pontiac, Inc. v. Zerbst · 100 S.E.2d 881
• Ambles v. State · 383 S.E.2d 555
• Miller v. State · 472 S.E.2d 74
• Cannon v. Coweta County · 389 S.E.2d 329
• Stover v. State · 350 S.E.2d 577
• King v. State · 265 Ga. 440
• Sims v. Georgia · 385 U.S. 538
• State v. Stonaker · 222 S.E.2d 354
• Commonwealth v. Bonadio · 415 A.2d 47
• Phagan v. State · 486 S.E.2d 876
• Campbell v. Sundquist · 926 S.W.2d 250
• Blincoe v. State · 204 S.E.2d 597
• Atlanta Independent School System v. Lane · 469 S.E.2d 22
• Fleming v. Zant · 386 S.E.2d 339
• Creamer v. State · 192 S.E.2d 350
• Cabaniss v. Hipsley · 151 S.E.2d 496
• Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Brown · 365 S.E.2d 827
• Grissom v. Gleason · 418 S.E.2d 27
• Green v. State · 398 S.E.2d 360
• State v. Miller · 398 S.E.2d 547
• Goldrush II v. City of Marietta · 482 S.E.2d 347

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• In Re JM · 575 S.E.2d 441
• Odett v. State · 541 S.E.2d 29
• Grier v. the State · 339 Ga. App. 778
• Howard v. State · 527 S.E.2d 194
• In re J. M. · 276 Ga. 88
• State v. Smith · 766 So. 2d 501
• Jordan v. the State · 328 Ga. App. 462
• Watson v. State · 293 Ga. 817
• State v. Eastwood · 535 S.E.2d 246
• McBee v. State · 521 S.E.2d 209
• Jegley v. Picado · 80 S.W.3d 332
• Morrison v. State · 526 S.E.2d 336
• In Re CP · 555 S.E.2d 426
• Williams v. Pryor · 220 F. Supp. 2d 1257
• In re C. P. · 274 Ga. 599
• In Re NA · 539 S.E.2d 899
• State of Iowa v. Isaac Andrew Baldon III · 829 N.W.2d 785
• Melton v. State · 639 S.E.2d 411
• Smith v. State · 670 S.E.2d 191
• Gagnon v. State · 525 S.E.2d 127
• Parks v. State · 526 S.E.2d 893
• Morrow v. State · 715 S.E.2d 744
• In the Interest of N. A. · 246 Ga. App. 204
• Lawrence v. Texas · 539 U.S. 558
• Boy Scouts of America v. Dale · 530 U.S. 640

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