Adams v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Closing arguments are judged in the context in which they are made.”
• juror who was a close friend of the defendant excused for cause after reluctantly stating that he could apply the law and render a verdict
• evidence supported trial court's implicit finding that trial counsel's strategy was reasonable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

44 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-04-24· cited 130×
• Booth v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-08-14· cited 59×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-02· cited 44×
• Cochran v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-05-20· cited 31×
• Carrie v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-04· cited 25×
• Strickland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-08-16· cited 20×
• Hillman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-02-26· cited 16×
• Garland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-14· cited 15×
• Jenkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-01-19· cited 15×
• Wilkerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-23· cited 14×
• Blaine v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-03-11· cited 14×
• Rainly v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-11-30· cited 11×
• Alexis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-12-13· cited 11×
• Pitts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-08-09· cited 10×
• McMichael v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-09-09· cited 9×
• Turner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-02-21· cited 9×
• London v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 9×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-04-28· cited 8×
• Matiatos v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-12-11· cited 8×
• Coghlan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-01-16· cited 8×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 421×
• Smith v. Francis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-01-29· cited 406×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-03-10· cited 60×
• James v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-01· cited 53×
• Quaid v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-07-02· cited 43×
• Mason v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-06-04· cited 41×
• Nix v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-01-17· cited 35×
• Banks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-03-19· cited 32×
• Brooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-02· cited 31×
• Nance v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-12-01· cited 31×
• Somchith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-03-06· cited 26×
• Lloyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-01-17· cited 18×
• Ponder v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-10-14· cited 16×
• Shiver v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-05-05· cited 14×