Finch v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that defendant had not shown trial court’s finding of effective assistance was clearly erroneous when evidence supported trial court’s finding that defendant was aware of his right to testify, but made no request to testify
• “It 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.”
• where defendant testified that trial counsel did not consult with him about his right to testify and trial counsel testified that he and the defendant had discussed the right to testify and the defendant had decided not to testify

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Nejad
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-15· cited 45×
• Gibson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-03-31· cited 23×
• Legregory Collins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-07-23· cited 8×
• Gravitt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-11-18· cited 6×
• Kelley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-26· cited 5×
• Pittmon v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-09-26
• Clarence Merchant v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-08-12
• Antonios Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-01-04
• David Lee Massingill v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-11-02

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mobley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-01-30· cited 46×
• Sims v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-11-08· cited 29×
• Davenport v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-12-04· cited 24×
• Barron v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-01-30· cited 20×
• Minton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-09-09· cited 13×
• Buckholts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-01-11· cited 5×
• Davenport v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-11-15· cited 5×
• Worthy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-06-22· cited 4×