Cruz v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the defendants waived appellate review of their claim that they could not understand the Spanish translations provided during their trial, which they raised for the first time in their motions for a new trial
• explaining that defendant must demonstrate actual prejudice when claiming ineffective assistance of trial counsel based upon alleged juror misconduct
• affirming denial of an ineffective assistance claim when trial counsel could 13 (c
• affirming denial of an ineffective assistance claim when trial counsel could not recall the reason for a trial decision but when the record supported the trial court’s finding that the decision was reasonable trial strategy
• “[i]t is the function of the trial court at the hearing on the motion for new trial to determine witness credibility and to resolve any conflicts in the testimony”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sears v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-11-19· cited 39×
• Gonzalez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-06-30· cited 14×
• Ingram v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-09-13· cited 13×
• Rawls v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-17· cited 12×
• White v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-02-22· cited 7×
• SARAT-VASQUEZ v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-03· cited 7×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-10· cited 6×
• Wedel v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-07-08· cited 4×
• Weldon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-07-10· cited 4×
• Deleon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-02-09· cited 2×
• Bruce Ernest Quinn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-05-04
• Kevin Chad Hardy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-04-25
• Samuel A. Brewton, III. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-12-08
• Celestino Acuna-Martinez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-01-28
• Sabino Cruz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-10
• Julius Rawls v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-17
• Will Ingram v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-09-13
• James Wedel v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-07-08
• Brian Weldon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-07-10
• Alberto Eddie Deleon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-02-09

Cites

32 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×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-02-12· cited 166×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-09-19· cited 41×
• Watkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-04-28· cited 40×
• Ruffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-08· cited 38×
• Abernathy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-09-01· cited 35×
• Kennedy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-07-02· cited 28×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-09-13· cited 28×
• Hill v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-07· cited 25×
• Kurtz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-10-12· cited 24×
• Ramos v. Terry
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-11-21· cited 24×
• Duran v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-08-03· cited 22×
• Dennis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-21· cited 22×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-06-25· cited 18×
• Harper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-11-05· cited 16×
• Holliday v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-10-17· cited 13×
• Burdette v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-12-06· cited 13×
• Terry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-08-14· cited 12×
• Sullivan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-11-12· cited 11×