Barnett 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 the “constitutional guarantee of due process is not concerned with mere appearances of 94 partiality” but with “actual bias” (citations and punctuation omitted; emphasis supplied)
• concluding trial counsel’s strategy of advising defendant not to testify while offering alternative narrative of events to the jury was not deficient performance and was reasonable in an effort to avoid “damaging cross-examination”
• \[J]udicial rulings alone almost never constitute a valid basis for a bias or partiality motion.\
• trial judge’s prior representation of a victim in an unrelated matter did not demonstrate actual bias
• “[J]udicial rulings alone almost never constitute a valid basis for a bias or partiality motion.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• defendant could not show counsel’s advice not to testify was deficient performance where counsel’s strategy was to show that defendant acted in self-defense without subjecting him to damaging cross-examination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Owens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-05· cited 73×
• Pierce v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-10-01· cited 26×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-02-07· cited 13×
• State v. Goff
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-03-13· cited 11×
• FORD v. TATE (And Vice Versa)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-31· cited 9×
• Nabors v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-10-15· cited 5×
• CROMER v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-10-25· cited 3×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-12-20· cited 2×
• Ballard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-04-08· cited 2×
• The State v. Arline.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-03-14· cited 1×
• Narkeshia Bass v. Kettler Medy
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-02-16
• Bertram Hall v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-11-08
• Latwon Dukes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-06-22
• State v. Leverette
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-12-20
• Bennie Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-02-21
• Au Medical Center, Inc. v. Dorothy Dale, as of the Estate of John Dale
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-11-01

Cites

15 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×
• Liteky v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-03-07· cited 7,016×
• Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2009-06-08· cited 1,119×
• Williams v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 2016-06-09· cited 380×
• David v. City & County of Denver
  Tenth Circuit· 1996-12-03· cited 243×
• United States v. Gary L. Detemple
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-12-10· cited 205×
• Pyatt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-03-25· cited 57×
• Handley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-03· cited 42×
• Kennebrew v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-10-31· cited 38×
• State v. Hargis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-03-17· cited 33×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-01-23· cited 26×
• Turner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-01-30· cited 15×
• Battle v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-03-21· cited 12×
• Jones County v. a MINING GROUP, LLC
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-01· cited 11×