Ford v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “as a general rule, matters of reasonable trial tactics do not amount to ineffective assistance of counsel”
• no deficient performance where trial counsel made reasonable, strategic decision not to object to potentially inadmissible character evidence
• “as a general rule, matters of reasonable trial tactics do not amount to ineffective assistance of counsel”
• counsel’s decision to not object to testimony that placed defendant’s character at issue was a “matter of [reasonable] trial tactics” and so did not amount to ineffective assistance
• counsel’s decision to not object to character evidence that defendant had failed to provide for his children so that the jury could infer witness bias against the defendant was a matter of reasonable trial strategy
• counsel did not perform deficiently in failing to object to testimony allegedly attacking defendant’s character, where defense counsel testified at motion for new trial hearing that she did not object because it showed the witness’s bias against the defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gomez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-06-19· cited 51×
• Rivera v. the State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-30· cited 35×
• Farris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-01-09· cited 29×
• Naples v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 29×
• Griffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-09-28· cited 23×
• Gill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-09-22· cited 22×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-01-23· cited 21×
• Troutman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-12-10· cited 15×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-04· cited 12×
• Ray v. the State.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-03-07· cited 10×
• Vanstavern v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-03· cited 9×
• Sims v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-14· cited 7×
• Crawford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-02-17· cited 5×
• Wingster v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-09-22· cited 4×
• Hoke v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-10· cited 3×
• Rivera, A/K/A Jurkewicz v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-30
• Thomas Sims v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-14
• Melissa Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-04
• Stephen R. Hoke v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-10

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Pruitt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-05-14· cited 124×
• Grier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-01-22· cited 104×
• Phillips v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-09· cited 71×
• Jennings v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-01· cited 26×
• Fox v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-02-28· cited 20×
• Greenwood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-06-14· cited 8×
• Willis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-04-26· cited 7×