Davis v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the decision to call experts is “within the broad range of professional conduct afforded trial attorneys”
• finding that counsel presented a reasonable trial strategy and was not ineffective for introducing a videotape of defendant’s interrogation by police when counsel believed the video supported defendant’s self-defense claim and that it cast a favorable light on the defendant
• “In determining what constitutes ineffective assistance, a critical distinction is made between inadequate preparation and unwise choices of trial tactics and strategy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Barrett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 45×
• Burrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-04-17· cited 32×
• Sullivan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-04-17· cited 28×
• Ellis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-25· cited 20×
• Goodson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 18×
• Glaze v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-09-25· cited 15×
• Haynes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-19· cited 13×
• Leili v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-21· cited 13×
• Hogan v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-02-05· cited 12×
• Ponder v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-07-08· cited 9×
• Albury v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-08-23· cited 8×
• Richardson-Bethea v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-08-28· cited 7×
• Hughs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-10-05· cited 7×
• Goggins v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-10-09· cited 5×
• Harrison v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-09-08· cited 4×
• Dupree v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-09-22· cited 3×
• Gilmore v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-06-06· cited 1×
• Andre Pearre Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-03-21
• State of Iowa v. Jarrod Dale Majors
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2020-03-06
• Ulysses Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-10-01

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Pruitt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-05-14· cited 124×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-02-15· cited 79×
• Slade v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-12-04· cited 69×
• Bell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-01-12· cited 40×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-09-27· cited 40×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-11-20· cited 37×
• Hendricks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-29· cited 25×
• Sledge v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-10-18· cited 23×
• Bharadia v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-27· cited 14×
• Bowie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-29· cited 4×
• Fountain v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-03-30· cited 2×