Gittens v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reviewing denial of motion for new trial based on newly discovered evidence for an abuse of discretion
• “Eyewitness testimony based on the witness’s firsthand observations of the crime is direct, not circumstantial, evidence.”
• “Eyewitness testimony based on the witness’s firsthand observations of the crime is direct, not circumstantial, evidence.”
• no showing of deficient performance where defendant failed to show that no competent attorney would have made the same decision
• “Eyewitness testimony based on the witness’s firsthand observations of the crime is direct, not circumstantial, evidence.”
• “Unfounded speculation about what additional investigation might have uncovered … cannot support a claim that trial counsel was professionally deficient, nor can it establish prejudice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Payne v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-08-09· cited 63×
• Lyons v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-06-01· cited 32×
• Lee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-02-06· cited 20×
• Ellington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-08-09· cited 18×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-05-16· cited 16×
• Bradley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-01-17· cited 16×
• Sims v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-05-28· cited 13×
• Hooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-04-30· cited 11×
• Swinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-03-01· cited 6×
• Douglas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-06-10· cited 6×
• Hall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-04-06· cited 4×
• Depriest v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-10-01· cited 3×
• Najarro v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-10-01· cited 2×
• Coston v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-06-10· cited 1×
• Evans v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-09-30
• GINES v. THE STATE (Three Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-03-12
• Richardson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-05-19

Cites

31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Weatherford v. Bursey
  Supreme Court· 1977-02-22· cited 1,807×
• Geders v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-30· cited 1,182×
• United States v. Morrison
  Supreme Court· 1981-02-23· cited 1,159×
• Timberlake v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-09-23· cited 307×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 75×
• DAVIS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-10· cited 67×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-10· cited 64×
• VIRGER v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 62×
• Plez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-02-06· cited 59×
• Booth v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-08-14· cited 59×
• Virger v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 59×
• Bozzie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-12-11· cited 55×
• Faust v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-02· cited 54×
• ANTHONY v. THE STATE (Three Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-05· cited 44×
• Anthony v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-05· cited 43×
• Sears v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-11-19· cited 39×
• Sullivan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-04-17· cited 28×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-03-17· cited 26×