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.

• trial transcript failed to show evidence of prejudice affecting the fairness of trial
• “In determining the effectiveness of counsel’s advocacy, we can take into consideration the fact that the evidence so authorized the verdict that the general grounds of the motion for new trial are not even urged on appeal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Collier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-10-30· cited 136×
• Lowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-12-27· cited 62×
• Ruffin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-10-29· cited 47×
• Mulkey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-01-04· cited 32×
• Landers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-02-03· cited 28×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-07-10· cited 18×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-02-09· cited 16×
• Stripling v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-09-08· cited 11×
• Rubiano v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-09-11· cited 9×
• Oliver v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-06-20· cited 9×
• Baker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-03-09· cited 9×
• Magouirk v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-05-13· cited 8×
• Mason v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-09-09· cited 8×
• Leggett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-04-18· cited 7×
• Baty v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-09-06· cited 6×
• Fegan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-06-05· cited 6×
• Cox v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-06-11· cited 6×
• Cochran v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-09-25· cited 6×
• Hutchens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-09-20· cited 5×
• Dyer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-09-12· cited 5×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pitts v. Glass
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-01-28· cited 206×
• Hamilton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-05-12· cited 179×
• French v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-09-28· cited 89×
• Dobbs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-01-06· cited 72×
• Reid v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-10-21· cited 62×
• Woods v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-01-07· cited 60×
• Pearley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-16· cited 21×
• Adams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-03-11· cited 18×