Hamilton v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that counsel's strategic decision to advise the appellant not to testify was reasonable because the State would cross-examine him about his prior similar crimes
• holding that even where an objection is raised, no reversible error is created by the trial court’s failure to give an unrequested curative instruction or other remedial relief
• concluding that counsel’s strategic decision to advise the appellant not 15 to testify was reasonable because the State would cross-examine him about his prior similar crimes
• concluding trial counsel did not perform deficiently in urging defendant not to testify in part because “they expected the prosecuting attorney to make very effective cross-examination”
• reiterating that “a reviewing court must be highly deferential to [strategic or tactical] choices made by defense counsel in the conduct of a trial that are arguably dictated by a reasonable trial strategy”
• reiterating that “a reviewing court must be highly deferential to [strategic or tactical] choices made by defense counsel in the conduct of a trial that are arguably dictated by a reasonable trial strategy”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-06-07· cited 61×
• Fairclough v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-05-19· cited 55×
• Roebuck v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-22· cited 49×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-30· cited 40×
• Howard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-23· cited 27×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-03-26· cited 24×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-08· cited 23×
• Boyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-25· cited 23×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-10-06· cited 22×
• Rouse v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-15· cited 19×
• Doctor v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-15· cited 19×
• Bishop v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-03-05· cited 18×
• Cloud v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-29· cited 18×
• Chandler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-03-19· cited 16×
• Felder v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-07-03· cited 15×
• Whitner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-07-10· cited 15×
• McMillian v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-10-24· cited 14×
• Baker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-04· cited 13×
• Smart v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-02-11· cited 12×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-03-06· cited 12×

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-01· cited 827×
• Chapman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-01-22· cited 118×
• Mize v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-06-15· cited 105×
• Van Alstine v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-02-25· cited 87×
• Gilstrap v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-12-05· cited 84×
• Stephens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-02-13· cited 79×
• Klinect v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-07-06· cited 77×
• Gardner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-05-07· cited 61×
• Roberts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-02-21· cited 60×
• Spear v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-08· cited 50×
• Bellamy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-03-06· cited 47×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-01-19· cited 39×
• Crozier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-01-31· cited 37×
• Turpin v. Mobley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-07-15· cited 35×
• Gatlin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-04-06· cited 26×
• Scott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-10-28· cited 24×
• Hamilton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-02-25· cited 24×
• Cowan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-21· cited 23×