Armstrong v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to seek a limiting instruction regarding the purpose for which evidence was admitted under OCGA § 24-4-404 (b), because the appellant did not show that the absence of the instruction probably affected the outcome of his trial
• explaining that “’the prosecutorial need for the other acts evidence showing gang membership was high’ because, without it, it is unclear what motive [appellant] would have had to shoot [victim] in a crowded park”
• rejecting claim of plain error in jury charge where appellant “makes only conclusory arguments about 23 harm”
• evidence of defendant's gang membership relevant, admissible, and not unduly prejudicial because it explained motive actuating otherwise senseless shooting
• evidence that the defendant and co- defendants were gang members, along with expert testimony that defiance is seen as disrespect in gang culture, showed motive for the shooting
• “Although evidence of gang membership can be highly prejudicial, all inculpatory evidence is inherently prejudicial; it is only when unfair prejudice substantially outweighs probative value that the rule permits exclusion.” (cleaned up; emphasis in original)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-06-22· cited 41×
• Heade v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-06-21· cited 25×
• DRAUGHN v. THE STATE (Three Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-05-03· cited 23×
• Neuman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-03-15· cited 22×
• Merritt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-06-21· cited 19×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-05-16· cited 16×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-06-27· cited 16×
• Hurston v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-02-15· cited 14×
• BUTLER v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-03-01· cited 13×
• Dunn v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-09-21· cited 9×
• Mills v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-12-10· cited 9×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-03-08· cited 8×
• MORRIS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-04-05· cited 5×
• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-01-18· cited 4×
• Sullivan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-06-21· cited 1×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-05-06· cited 1×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2021-06-02
• Bertram Hall v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-11-08
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-06-24
• William Michael Hinton as County Administrator of the Estate of Thomas Steusloff v. Stacy Finelli
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-10-03

Cites

17 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×
• State v. Lane
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 247×
• Romer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-07-01· cited 233×
• Davenport v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-07-02· cited 159×
• Kirby v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-09-24· cited 129×
• Anglin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-16· cited 118×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-03· cited 86×
• Brooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-03-07· cited 84×
• Fleming v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-24· cited 38×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-02· cited 36×
• McKinney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-21· cited 36×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-04-20· cited 27×
• Denson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-12-23· cited 21×
• Ensslin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-04-06· cited 16×
• Worthen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-08-19· cited 11×
• Newton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-06-01· cited 9×