Bright v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “We have previously held that evidence that an accused has been confined in jail in connection with the case at issue does not place his character in evidence.”
• absent a showing that the jurors who served on the jury were unqualified to do so, defendant failed to establish that counsel’s failure to ask more questions during voir dire resulted in actual harm
• trial counsel’s questioning during voir dire was profession- ally reasonable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Lockhart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-02-01· cited 44×
• Timothy Alan Dunlap v. State
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2015-11-02· cited 42×
• Sullivan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-04-20· cited 32×
• King v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-06-21· cited 32×
• Hornbuckle v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-02-27· cited 29×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-18· cited 25×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-02-21· cited 24×
• Wilkerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-09-06· cited 18×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-10-21· cited 17×
• Leanos v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-05-07· cited 13×
• Heard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-02· cited 12×
• Reese v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-08-21· cited 12×
• Brooks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-10-25· cited 7×
• King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-02-14· cited 5×
• Mallery v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-09-08· cited 3×
• Garcia v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-02-14· cited 3×
• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-04-16· cited 2×
• Oliver v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-09-27· cited 2×
• McKay v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-05-06· cited 1×
• Adams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-05-13· cited 1×

Cites

11 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×
• Suggs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-02-14· cited 222×
• Hampton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-03-27· cited 61×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-05· cited 40×
• Morgan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-01-13· cited 37×
• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-06· cited 29×
• Cade v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-03· cited 27×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-11-22· cited 26×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-10-27· cited 11×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-10-09· cited 11×