Braswell v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• no harmless error where transcript showed that defendant’s “efforts at defending herself were minimal and misguided,” even though State’s evidence was “strong”
• reversal required where transcript demonstrated that defendant’s “efforts at defending herself were minimal and misguided,” even though state’s evidence was “strong”
• despite strong evidence of guilt, error not harmless where defendant’s efforts were minimal and misguided
• defendant was illiterate, could not read the waiver form, had not stated she understood the form, and had not consulted with a defense attorney prior to the waiver of such services
• defendant was illiterate, could not read the waiver form, had not stated she understood the form, and had not consulted with a defense attorney prior to the waiver of such services

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Middleton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-03-29· cited 22×
• Brooks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-29· cited 17×
• Godlewski v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-06-20· cited 10×
• Tucci v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-05-21· cited 10×
• Manning v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-03-11· cited 8×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-06-05· cited 7×
• Spears v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-01-22· cited 3×
• State v. Watson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-06-13· cited 2×
• Watkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-01· cited 1×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Clarke v. Zant
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-02-24· cited 152×
• Jones v. Wharton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-06-19· cited 43×
• Burnett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-03-18· cited 36×
• Hamilton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-07-01· cited 33×
• Kirkland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-12-03· cited 32×
• Callaway v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-11-16· cited 30×
• Rutledge v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-14· cited 30×
• McCook v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-03-13· cited 14×
• McCall v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-05-27· cited 10×