Hightower v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that, although appellant preserved his claim of error on appeal as to the basis of his motion for mistrial, he raised no objection regarding a different issue and that issue is therefore not preserved for appeal
• a defendant cannot raise an ineffectiveness claim on appeal where he continues to be represented by trial counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• von Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-09-09· cited 454×
• Howard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-07· cited 58×
• McLean v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-11-05· cited 23×
• State v. Curry
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2006-10-09· cited 12×
• Keever v. Dellinger
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-11-05· cited 4×
• Morrell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-12-27· cited 4×
• Burnett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-04-27
• Bacchus v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-31
• Johnathan Bacchus v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-31
• Bradford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-02-17
• Banks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-06-16

Cites

27 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×
• Bruton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 8,792×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 421×
• Smith v. Francis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-01-29· cited 406×
• Roper v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-05-24· cited 78×
• Robbins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-05-04· cited 65×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-06-30· cited 46×
• Walton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-09-27· cited 45×
• Medlock v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-06-28· cited 41×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-11-20· cited 37×
• Banta v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-09-24· cited 36×
• Berry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-12-02· cited 30×
• Perkinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-03-14· cited 28×
• Hayes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-02-13· cited 28×
• Napier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-06-02· cited 28×
• Ford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-02-23· cited 28×
• Carr v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-11-21· cited 18×
• Griffin v. Barrett
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1938-02-17· cited 18×
• Zackery v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 18×