State v. Riggs

Decided May 1, 2017. Nels S.D. Peterson wrote the opinion for the court.

301 Ga. 63 · Cited 57 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.

• Evans v. State · 300 Ga. 271
• Rooney v. State · 690 S.E.2d 804
• May v. State · 295 Ga. 388
• Lawson v. Commonwealth · 85 S.W.3d 571
• State v. Pless · 646 S.E.2d 202
• Deal v. Coleman · 294 Ga. 170
• Keller v. State · 571 S.E.2d 806
• State v. Hudson · 293 Ga. 656
• New v. State · 327 Ga. App. 87
• Palmer v. State · 651 S.E.2d 86
• Turner v. Georgia River Network, Grady County Board of Commissioners v. Georgia River Network · 297 Ga. 306
• Haugen v. Henry County · 594 S.E.2d 324
• State v. Walker · 295 Ga. 888
• Merritt v. State · 690 S.E.2d 835
• Sinkfield v. State · 416 S.E.2d 288
• Monroe v. State · 295 S.E.2d 512
• Johnson v. State · 475 S.E.2d 595
• Johnson v. State · 723 S.E.2d 100
• Bryant E. Wilson v. State of Indiana · 5 N.E.3d 759
• Humphrey v. State · 297 Ga. 349
• Bass v. State · 643 S.E.2d 851
• Clark v. the State · 328 Ga. App. 268
• Riggs v. State · 319 Ga. App. 189
• Dilas v. State · 159 Ga. App. 39
• Hollie v. State · 696 S.E.2d 642

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• Shawn Daniel Meintz v. State · 810 S.E.2d 602
• Blackwell v. State · 302 Ga. 820
• Gibson v. Gibson · 301 Ga. 622
• Tuggle v. State · 825 S.E.2d 221
• Ivan Cruz v. State · 815 S.E.2d 311

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