Jefferson v. Zant

How courts have described this case

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

• noting dispute as to whether Jefferson “had a chance to respond” to the final order
• \declin[ing] Jefferson's invitation to accord the order less deference than mandated by O.C.G.A. § 9-11-52\
• “Jefferson contends [the order] amounts to no more and no less than a reply brief to which [he] has not had a chance to respond”
• whether an attorney’s trial tactics are reasonable is a question of law, not fact
• “Whether an attorney’s trial tactics are reasonable ‘is a question of law,’ not fact.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Jefferson v. Upton
  Supreme Court· 2010-05-24· cited 195×
• Davenport v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-07-02· cited 159×
• Braithwaite v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 95×
• Gibson v. Turpin
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-02-22· cited 75×
• Roulain v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-02-12· cited 66×
• Allen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-01-12· cited 65×
• Woods v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-26· cited 61×
• Stansell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-16· cited 53×
• Dewberry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 53×
• Franks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-06-28· cited 52×
• Hammond v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-01-23· cited 51×
• Mency v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-10-01· cited 50×
• Roebuck v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-22· cited 49×
• Head v. Carr
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-03-19· cited 47×
• Bridges v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 46×
• Brady v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-01· cited 43×
• Turpin v. Lipham
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-23· cited 38×
• Turpin v. Christenson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-03-16· cited 37×
• Turpin v. Mobley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-07-15· cited 35×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-02-28· cited 31×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-19· cited 11,658×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-02-13· cited 154×
• Jefferson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-03-03· cited 75×
• Christenson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-03-15· cited 73×
• Black v. Hardin
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-11-27· cited 71×
• Hance v. Kemp
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-10-20· cited 44×
• Building Associates, Inc. v. Crider
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-04-05· cited 27×
• Baxter v. Kemp
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-05-24· cited 18×
• Zant v. Hamilton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-10-05· cited 16×