--- title: "Search opinions: your words" collection: opinions id: opinions:search:your words canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/search?q=your+words md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/search.md?q=your+words date: 2026-10-15 status: active corpus_version: opinions-2026-10-15 license: Public record of the Supreme Court of Georgia, via CourtListener and the court's own website; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/index.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/index.md query: your words mode: search terms: - words dropped: - your --- # Search opinions: your words Search matches the words of the document. Ask in the words the document would use, not the words of the question. ## Hits (10) ### Rountree v. State S23A0531, filed 2023-06-21, 316 Ga. 691. criminal appeal. Summary by Georgia Commons: The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Houston County man's malice murder conviction, ruling he never properly objected to the absence of voluntary manslaughter and mutual combat jury instructions and that no such instructions were required anyway. … The threatening and insulting **words** that Rountree testified were used by Sandhu, no matter how menacing or offensive they were to Rountree, were still only **words**, regardless of … https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S23A0531.md ### Taylor v. State S19A1476, filed 2020-01-27, 307 Ga. 755. criminal appeal. Summary by Georgia Commons: The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a man cannot be held guilty of 13 separate counts of contempt for cursing at a judge during one brief, continuous outburst, and sent the case back for a single contempt conviction. … trial court found Taylor guilty of 13 instances of criminal contempt, one for each of the obscene **words** that he used during the outburst, and sentenced him to … https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S19A1476.md ### MCBRAYER v. SCARBROUGH S22G1152, filed 2023-10-11, 317 Ga. 387. civil. Summary by Georgia Commons: The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that placing and restraining a man in a patrol car's back seat counts as 'use' of the vehicle, so a wrongful death suit against a sheriff can proceed despite sovereign immunity. … In both statutes, the **word** “use” is primarily employed as a noun. As a noun, the meaning of the **word** “use” has been defined as “the act or … https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S22G1152.md ### Ford Motor Company v. Cosper S23Q0625, filed 2023-09-19, 317 Ga. 356. certified question. Summary by Georgia Commons: The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that reckless conduct alone, separate from willful or wanton conduct, can excuse a product-liability negligence claim from Georgia's ten-year statute of repose, and defined what counts as reckless. … The associated-**words** canon counsels that a **word** in a statute “should be understood in relation to the other **words** in the statute.” Kinslow v. State, 311 Ga … https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S23Q0625.md ### The STATE v. SASS GROUP, LLC (Two Cases) S22A1243, S22A1244, filed 2023-03-15, 315 Ga. 893. civil. Summary by Georgia Commons: The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a lawsuit against the State seeking declaratory relief under a new constitutional waiver of sovereign immunity must be dismissed entirely if it also names another defendant, like a prosecutor sued individually. … 627, 635 (4) (b) (774 SE2d 624) (2015) (“We similarly presume that the **words** used in the Constitution bear their ordinary meanings at the time those **words** were … https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S22A1243.md ### State v. LOPEZ-CARDONA S24A0104, filed 2024-06-11, 319 Ga. 222. criminal appeal. Summary by Georgia Commons: The Supreme Court of Georgia sent back a Gwinnett County judge's rulings suppressing two murder suspects' police statements, finding the judge's fact-findings were too thin to review whether the men understood and waived their Miranda rights. … As we will explain below, however, a Spanish- speaking interpreter and translator testified that some of the Spanish **words** that the officer used in explaining the defendants’ rights … https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S24A0104.md ### Reynolds v. State S26A0946, filed 2026-09-09. criminal appeal. Summary by Georgia Commons: The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a DeKalb County man's murder conviction, ruling that any limits placed on his insanity-defense expert's testimony were harmless because she testified to the same ideas anyway. … But Reynolds contends that the **words** “motive” or “plan” or “concealing of evidence” are not inherently legal conclusions nor elements of the crimes charged. Accordingly, he argues, the … https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S26A0946.md ### Hudson v. State S20A0218, filed 2020-04-06, 308 Ga. 443. criminal appeal. Summary by Georgia Commons: The Supreme Court of Georgia upheld a Chatham County man's murder conviction, ruling that a heated verbal insult over his mother's death did not justify jury instructions on voluntary manslaughter or insanity, and that limiting cross-examination about a police officer's question about mental illness was harmless. … 839, 843 (2) (778 SE2d 769) (2015), the court declined to give the charge, saying that “in this particular case, all we have is **words**. **Words** cannot result … https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S20A0218.md ### State v. Henry S20G1339, filed 2021-10-19, 312 Ga. 632. criminal appeal. Summary by Georgia Commons: The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a driver seeking an independent DUI test must speak clearly enough that a reasonable officer would understand the request, rejecting a looser standard used by the Court of Appeals. … 220, 227-228 (III) (A) (134 SCt 870, 187 LE2d 729) (2014) (noting that, “unless otherwise defined, **words** will be interpreted as taking their ordinary, contemporary, common meaning … https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S20G1339.md ### SCOTT K. CAMP v. RYAN CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS S23A0073, filed 2022-09-30, 314 Ga. 699. election. Summary by Georgia Commons: The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that a Douglas County election board wrongly let a substitute Democratic candidate onto the general election ballot for Chief Magistrate Judge because he never properly qualified to run. … As explained below, the **word** “qualifications” is not as a semantic matter limited to the prerequisites for holding office. Moreover, the permission to challenge a candidate’s qualifications … https://georgiacommons.org/opinions/S23A0073.md