Allen v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding conviction under OCGA § 16-11-106 (b) by applying the standard of joint constructive possession that is applicable to other contraband
• “an informed tactical decision to make an all-or-nothing defense,” and abandoning any charge on lesser included offenses, could not provide a basis for a claim of ineffective assistance
• “an informed tactical decision to make an all-or-nothing defense,” and abandoning any charge on lesser included offenses, could not provide a basis for a claim of ineffective assistance
• girlfriend’s testimony that drugs found during police search of the house she shared with defendant belonged to defendant and that she had seen defendant sell drugs from the house was direct evidence
• girlfriend’s testimony that drugs found during police search of the house she shared with defendant belonged to defendant and that she had seen defendant sell drugs from the house was direct evidence
• possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Davenport v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-02· cited 37×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-11-20· cited 25×
• Celestin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-02-18· cited 17×
• Ray v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-06-12· cited 10×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-20· cited 6×
• King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-02-21· cited 2×
• Sanchez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-06-10· cited 2×
• CHAMBERS v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-07-09· cited 1×
• Slade v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-02-29
• Stephaan Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-20
• Eddie James King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-02-21
• Antonio Sanchez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-06-10

Cites

18 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×
• Isaacs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-11-30· cited 201×
• Schofield v. Holsey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-26· cited 192×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-05-24· cited 142×
• Sears v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-15· cited 71×
• Robbins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-05-04· cited 65×
• Reid v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-10-21· cited 62×
• Perez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-03-27· cited 16×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-03-11· cited 14×
• Bertholf v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-25· cited 11×
• Brownlee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-12-05· cited 10×
• Lynch v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-09-18· cited 10×
• Moyer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-09-02· cited 10×
• Clemons v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-02-05· cited 8×
• Gay v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-05-03· cited 8×
• Quarles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-06-08· cited 6×
• Knight v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-01-26· cited 4×