Jimmerson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the evidence was sufficient to overcome the defendant’s justification defense when the defendant disarmed one victim, then shot both unarmed victims and continued shooting them after they had fallen to the ground
• prejudice prong not satisfied where defendant failed to offer evidence that would have been elicited on re-cross-examination
• no ineffectiveness when record shows, contrary to defendant’s contention, that trial counsel cross-examined witness about her initial statement to police
• “The fact that [defendant], in hindsight, now questions the efficacy of the chosen defense strategy cannot establish ineffective assistance.”
• failure to renew non-meritorious motion provides no grounds for claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
• “The fact that [defendant], in hindsight, now questions the efficacy of the chosen defense strategy cannot establish ineffective assistance.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bozzie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-12-11· cited 55×
• Gibson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-03· cited 36×
• Dulcio v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-25· cited 35×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-18· cited 23×
• Hall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-25· cited 23×
• Goodson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 18×
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-06-06· cited 17×
• Bostic v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-03-28· cited 16×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-09-06· cited 14×
• Knighton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-12-21· cited 13×
• Whittaker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-08-21· cited 11×
• Styles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-09-24· cited 8×
• Priester v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-10-11· cited 7×
• Thornton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-16· cited 6×
• Mathis v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-07-31· cited 3×
• Torres v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-04-20· cited 3×
• Robert Christopher Jennings v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-02-03
• Dominique Styles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-09-24
• Patti Thornton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-03-16

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Malcolm v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
• Henderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-03-09· cited 89×
• Baker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-04-22· cited 71×
• Phillips v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-09· cited 71×
• Fuller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-01-10· cited 28×
• Bell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-07-12· cited 28×
• Knight v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-10-18· cited 26×
• Milner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-10-18· cited 21×
• McKee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-01-12· cited 18×
• Nelson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-02-11· cited 16×
• Canada v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-04-15· cited 9×
• Sims v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-06-12· cited 9×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-01-24· cited 8×
• Nelson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-10-05· cited 8×
• Daniley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-11-05· cited 7×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-06-25· cited 7×
• In the Interest of A. D.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-28· cited 7×
• Daniel v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-01-19· cited 4×