Chance v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Excluding evidence pursuant to OCGA § 17-16-6 is a particularly harsh sanction and should be imposed only where there is a showing of prejudice to the defense and bad faith by the State.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• “Decisions about what questions to ask on cross-examination are quintessential trial strategy... and will rarely constitute ineffective assistance of counsel.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• “The decision whether to impeach a witness through introduction of certified copies of prior convictions is a matter of trial strategy.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• “Decisions about what questions to ask on cross-examination are quintessential trial strategy . . . and will rarely constitute ineffective assistance of counsel.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• testimony presented at new trial hearing — that co-indictee confessed to witness that he, not the defendant, shot victim — was impeaching testimony and did not establish as fact that co-indictee’s trial testimony was knowingly and wilfully false
• testimony presented at new trial hearing — that co-indictee confessed to witness that he, not the defendant, shot victim — was impeaching testimony and did not establish as fact that co- indictee’s trial testimony was knowingly and wilfully false

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-18· cited 65×
• Nicely v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-29· cited 39×
• Hawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-08-20· cited 27×
• Cushenberry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-11-21· cited 24×
• Valentine v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-09-09· cited 18×
• Wimberly v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-16· cited 17×
• Smarr v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-09-07· cited 17×
• Speziali v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-05-30· cited 15×
• Mathis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-10-21· cited 14×
• Curtis v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-03· cited 10×
• Vanstavern v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-03· cited 9×
• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 8×
• State v. Bryant
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 7×
• Funck v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-01-20· cited 6×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-05-07· cited 6×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-05-11· cited 5×
• Kalone Antoine Wilson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-01-23
• Deonte Smarr v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-09-06
• Dill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-03-17

Cites

34 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×
• Suggs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-02-14· cited 222×
• State v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-28· cited 177×
• Pruitt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-05-14· cited 124×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-11-17· cited 74×
• Ford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-12-03· cited 65×
• Fairclough v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-05-19· cited 55×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-23· cited 55×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-23· cited 47×
• Bridges v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 46×
• Payne v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-09-12· cited 40×
• Pickren v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-05-18· cited 39×
• Hood v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-09-24· cited 34×
• Eiland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-11-26· cited 30×
• Shivers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-02-01· cited 27×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-03-17· cited 26×
• Higuera-Hernandez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-07-11· cited 26×
• Norris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-04-26· cited 21×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-04-18· cited 19×