State Supreme Court / Ga.

Tate v. State

Decided February 28, 1994. Norman S. Fletcher wrote the opinion for the court.

264 Ga. 53 · Cited 397 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.

Chaffin v. Community Loan & Investment Co. · 20 S.E.2d 435
State v. Betsill · 240 S.E.2d 781
Barnett v. State · 420 S.E.2d 43
Nesbit v. Nesbit · 245 S.E.2d 303
State v. Tate · 430 S.E.2d 9
O'KEEFE v. State · 376 S.E.2d 406
Woodruff v. State · 213 S.E.2d 689
State v. Swift · 207 S.E.2d 459
Anderson v. State · 209 S.E.2d 665
Johnson v. State · 209 S.E.2d 629
Mallarino v. State · 379 S.E.2d 210
Watson v. State · 379 S.E.2d 817
Merriman v. State · 412 S.E.2d 598
Lockwood v. State · 361 S.E.2d 195
Huff v. State · 422 S.E.2d 664
Hamil v. State · 403 S.E.2d 828

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The State v. Mathis · 338 Ga. App. 86
The State v. Castillo · 330 Ga. App. 828
Berry v. State · 313 Ga. App. 516
Silva v. State · 604 S.E.2d 171
State v. Hester · 602 S.E.2d 271
State v. Holler · 479 S.E.2d 780
State v. Madison · 714 S.E.2d 714
State v. Wright · 482 S.E.2d 441
White v. State · 699 S.E.2d 291
State v. Gibbons · 547 S.E.2d 679
Berry v. State · 547 S.E.2d 664
State v. Peterson · 543 S.E.2d 692
State v. Brown · 629 S.E.2d 123
Akins v. State · 596 S.E.2d 719
State v. Aguirre · 494 S.E.2d 576
Blackford v. State · 554 S.E.2d 290
Cooper v. State · 575 S.E.2d 691
State v. Brown · 726 S.E.2d 654
State v. Silva · 263 Ga. App. 371
State v. Shephard · 546 S.E.2d 823
State v. Nesbitt · 699 S.E.2d 368

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