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Sullivan motion in Georgia

7 Georgia opinions name it 2 courts 1991–2026 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Georgia courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (5)

CaseFollowedCited
Chandler v. Stategreen
ga · 1991 · cited in 2 Georgia opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
2 sentences

2015And, even assuming, as appellant argues, that a first offender plea may be used against a witness in a criminal case to disprove or contradict facts to which the witness *402 testifies, see Matthews, supra at 802, n. 2, inasmuch as Sullivan was not the victim of the charged crimes and Perrymond was not the defendant, evidence of Sullivan’s prior act of violence against a third party was not admissible under Chandler v. State, 261 Ga. 402, 407 (3) (b) ( 405 SE2d 669 ) (1991), and, quite simply, was not pertinent to the critical fact in question in appellant’s justification defense, whether appe

2015And, even assuming, as appellant argues, that a first offender plea may be used against a witness in a criminal case to disprove or contradict facts to which the witness *402 testifies, see Matthews, supra at 802, n. 2, inasmuch as Sullivan was not the victim of the charged crimes and Perrymond was not the defendant, evidence of Sullivan’s prior act of violence against a third party was not admissible under Chandler v. State, 261 Ga. 402, 407 (3) (b) ( 405 SE2d 669 ) (1991), and, quite simply, was not pertinent to the critical fact in question in appellant’s justification defense, whether appe

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Allen v. Stategreen
ga · 2004 · cited in 1 Georgia opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
2 sentences

2015See Allen v. State, 277 Ga. 502, 504 (3) (c) ( 591 SE2d 784 ) (2004) (rejecting appellant’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to object to closing argument and pretermitting “whether the prosecutor misrepresented the law of justification during closing argument because qualified jurors under oath are presumed to follow the instructions of the trial court”).

2015See Allen v. State, 277 Ga. 502, 504 (3) (c) ( 591 SE2d 784 ) (2004) (rejecting appellant’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to object to closing argument and pretermitting “whether the prosecutor misrepresented the law of justification during closing argument because qualified jurors under oath are presumed to follow the instructions of the trial court”).

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Mann v. Stategreen
gactapp · 2000 · cited in 1 Georgia opinions naming this issue, 2003–2003
2 sentences

2003Eldridge and Mikell, JJ., concur.' Mann v. State, 244 Ga. App. 756, 757 (1) ( 536 SE2d 608 ) (2000).

2003Eldridge and Mikell, JJ., concur.' Mann v. State, 244 Ga. App. 756, 757 (1) ( 536 SE2d 608 ) (2000).

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McGee v. Stategreen
gactapp · 1993 · cited in 1 Georgia opinions naming this issue, 2000–2000
2 sentences

2000McGee v. State, 209 Ga. App. 261, 262 (1) ( 433 SE2d 374 ) (1993). 3.

2000McGee v. State, 209 Ga. App. 261, 262 (1) ( 433 SE2d 374 ) (1993). 3.

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Doughty v. Associates Commercial Corporationgreen
gactapp · 1979 · cited in 1 Georgia opinions naming this issue, 1991–1991
2 sentences

1991Doughty v. Associates Commercial Corp., 152 Ga. App. 575, 576 ( 263 SE2d 493 ).

1991Doughty v. Associates Commercial Corp., 152 Ga. App. 575, 576 ( 263 SE2d 493 ).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Georgia. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (1)

CaseCitedYears
Cook v. State green
ga · 2022
2 sentences

2026Five days later and before the State responded, the trial court denied Sullivan’s motion pursuant to Cook v. State, 313 Ga. 471 ( 870 SE2d 758 ) (2022), which abolished the judicially created procedure for criminal defendants to obtain an out-of-time appeal in the trial court.

2026Five days later and before the State responded, the trial court denied Sullivan’s motion pursuant to Cook v. State, 313 Ga. 471 ( 870 SE2d 758 ) (2022), which abolished the judicially created procedure for criminal defendants to obtain an out-of-time appeal in the trial court.

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Where else courts name it

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