Fortson 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 trial counsel was not deficient in not calling a witness who was “not credible” and would have offered “counter-productive” testimony
• concluding that the defendant did not show deficient performance where his trial counsel did not call an alleged alibi witness due to concerns about her credibility
• where witness not credible and production of witness would be counter-productive, trial counsel’s decision not to call witness is strategic
• “In ruling on an ineffectiveness claim, this Court need not analyze the deficient performance prong if the Court determines the prejudice prong has not been satisfied.”
• when ruling on ineffective assistance claim, we need not analyze the deficient performance prong if we determine the prejudice prong has not been satisfied
• when ruling on ineffective assistance claim, we need not analyze the deficient performance prong if we determine the prejudice prong has not been satisfied

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Hulett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-10-20· cited 125×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-10-09· cited 55×
• Atkinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-06-19· cited 43×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-09-22· cited 38×
• Peterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-30· cited 34×
• Navarrete v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-28· cited 33×
• Fisher v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-07-08· cited 25×
• Dixon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-04-07· cited 21×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-01-22· cited 18×
• Brigman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-16· cited 16×
• Kimble v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-11-20· cited 15×
• Ransom v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-15· cited 13×
• Willingham v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-05· cited 11×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-06-20· cited 9×
• Rivers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-02-11· cited 9×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-11-25· cited 8×
• Chenoweth v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-02· cited 8×
• Bradley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-28· cited 7×
• Beard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-12-19· cited 6×
• Grindle v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-27· cited 5×

Cites

10 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×
• Pitchess v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1975-05-19· cited 214×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-11-07· cited 64×
• Hamilton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-02-25· cited 24×
• Riggins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-06-06· cited 19×
• Bailey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-01-08· cited 16×
• Allen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-03-08· cited 13×
• Billups v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-15· cited 10×
• Fortson v. Burden
  Eleventh Circuit· 1996-05-31· cited 1×