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.

• counsel declined to call witnesses who were not credible due to past criminal activity
• counsel declined to call witnesses who were not credible due to past criminal activity
• not deficient performance to decide not to call witnesses who were not credible
• no ineffective assistance where trial counsel testified that he deliberately decided not to contact potential witnesses due to their lack of credibility and lack of any direct knowledge of the crimes
• no ineffective assistance where trial counsel testified that he deliberately decided not to contact potential witnesses due 8 She was not permitted to speak with the victim or her mother. 8 to their lack of credibility and lack of any direct knowledge of the crimes
• State must prove venue beyond a reasonable doubt

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Dickens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-03-13· cited 114×
• Worthen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-01-22· cited 55×
• Fortson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-04-25· cited 29×
• West v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-02-12· cited 16×
• Drake v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-08-03· cited 15×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-10-25· cited 10×
• Porter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-12-10· cited 4×
• Borders v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-14· cited 2×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-09-13· cited 1×
• Barnes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-19· cited 1×
• Melvin W. Barnes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-19

Cites

5 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×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-10-02· cited 243×
• Chapman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-01-22· cited 118×
• Washington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-06-02· cited 102×