Jacobs v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• theft by taking is not a crime which necessarily involves dishonesty or making a false statement
• waiver valid where trial court asked sufficient questions in open court to determine whether defendant’s waiver was knowing, voluntary, and intelligent
• counsel testified to discussions with appellant concerning relative risks and benefits of bench and jury trial
• State may present extrinsic evidence showing valid waiver of right to jury trial, including testimony by defense counsel in motion for new trial hearing about his recollections
• defendant who did not testify at motion for new trial hearing failed to show that trial counsel’s actions in advising defendant not to testify constituted deficient performance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Boatright v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-08· cited 37×
• Mantooth v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-04-01· cited 19×
• McIlwain v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-04-19· cited 18×
• Seitman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-21· cited 16×
• Barr v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-01-20· cited 14×
• McClain v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-01-05· cited 12×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-02-05· cited 11×
• Morgan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-06-02· cited 7×
• McGil v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-10-27· cited 5×
• Stevens v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-09-10· cited 4×
• Beville v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-03· cited 4×
• Mastrogiovanni v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-15· cited 4×
• Guise v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-04-16· cited 2×
• Crumity v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-05-16· cited 2×
• Calhoun v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-06-23· cited 2×
• Kenneth D. Jacobs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-11-14
• John Dollan Dodson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-01-28
• Clarence Merchant v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-08-12
• Birdette v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-09-10
• Robert Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-02-05

Cites

22 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×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 421×
• Cargill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-03-18· cited 172×
• Grier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-01-22· cited 104×
• Inman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-09-18· cited 42×
• Burton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-01-10· cited 38×
• Balbosa v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-15· cited 37×
• Manzano v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-09-24· cited 36×
• Adams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-27· cited 31×
• Sims v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-11-08· cited 29×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-08· cited 25×
• Moreland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-10-08· cited 24×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-21· cited 18×
• Scott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-11-01· cited 16×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-10-10· cited 15×
• Tucker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-08-13· cited 13×
• McRae v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-01-31· cited 10×
• McCormick v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-09-13· cited 8×
• Spann v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-03-05· cited 5×