Cotton v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “During a nonjury trial, it is presumed that the court is able to sift the wheat from the chaff and select only the legal evidence”
• no constructive denial when counsel objected on numerous occasions, cross-examined witnesses, and made appropriate motions
• “[F]ailure to make a meritless objection cannot be evidence of ineffective assistance of counsel.”
• “[F]ailure to make a meritless objection cannot be evidence of ineffective assistance of counsel.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Littlejohn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-08· cited 26×
• Brzowski v. Quantum National Bank
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-09-22· cited 7×
• Calloway v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-01-26· cited 6×
• Daniel Kirk Littlejohn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-08

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• United States v. Cronic
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-14· cited 6,497×
• Powell v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1932-11-07· cited 4,979×
• Allen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 41×
• Bennett v. Quick
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-06-25· cited 24×
• Shields v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-01-31· cited 16×
• Temple v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-02-07· cited 10×
• McRae v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-01-31· cited 10×
• Morton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-06-19· cited 9×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-08-09· cited 9×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-09-30· cited 2×