Arnold v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that when there was evidentiary basis for inference made during closing argument, counsel’s failure to object did not give rise to ineffectiveness claim
• explaining that trial counsel is not deficient for failing to make every conceivable objection but is “only deficient for failing to lodge those objections that every reasonable attorney would have lodged”
• where there was evidentiary basis for inference made during closing argument, counsel’s failure to object did not give rise to ineffectiveness claim
• “It is not improper for a 9 As in King v. State, “[w]e express no view . . . about whether an argument about future dangerousness would be undermined by recent legal developments.” 316 Ga. 611, 624 (5) (c) n.10 (889 SE2d 851) (2023

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Blocker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-06-21· cited 25×
• Walker v. the States
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-08-10· cited 19×
• Leonard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-06-21· cited 10×
• Bowdery v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-06-24· cited 5×
• Darius Rashun Campbell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-05-12
• Moss v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-10-15
• John Lacey Mulkey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-01-17
• Demarcus West v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-09-26
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-12-09
• Hernandez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-03-17
• Almond v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-06-02

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Malcolm v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
• State v. Lane
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 247×
• Carr v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-02-03· cited 96×
• Philmore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-04-19· cited 76×
• Faust v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-02· cited 54×
• McClure v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-07· cited 48×
• Gaston v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-01-13· cited 47×
• Head v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-01-27· cited 45×
• Humphrey v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-06-18· cited 30×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-04-20· cited 27×
• Humphrey v. Nance
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-17· cited 23×
• Woolfolk v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-05-14· cited 22×
• Solomon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-01-22· cited 16×
• Walker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-05-18· cited 10×
• FORD v. TATE (And Vice Versa)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-31· cited 9×
• London v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 9×
• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 8×