Jones v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Deficient performance is not shown by trial counsel’s failure to make an objection that lacks merit.”
• “Deficient performance is not shown by trial counsel’s failure to make an objection that lacks merit.”
• “[E]ffective counsel does not mean errorless counsel, nor counsel judged ineffective by hindsight, but counsel reasonably likely to render and rendering reasonably effective assistance.”
• “Whether to file a demand for speedy trial is usually a matter of trial tactics and strategy, as a delay in bringing the case to trial may work to a defendant’s advantage.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-01-29· cited 59×
• Gaston v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-01-13· cited 47×
• Mosby v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-01-23· cited 40×
• Matthews v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-05-30· cited 29×
• Rhoden v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-04-16· cited 20×
• Styles v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-08-10· cited 20×
• Lee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-02-06· cited 20×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-05-03· cited 19×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-08-14· cited 17×
• Shockley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-09-14· cited 14×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-01· cited 11×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-08-14· cited 10×
• FORD v. TATE (And Vice Versa)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-31· cited 9×
• Bacon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-05-02· cited 9×
• Harper v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-02-06· cited 7×
• Epperson v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-12-28· cited 6×
• Priest v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-11· cited 5×
• The State v. Wood
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-06-30· cited 5×
• Thurman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-04-05· cited 5×
• King v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-30· cited 4×

Cites

23 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×
• Barker v. Wingo
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-22· cited 12,108×
• Vermont v. Brillon
  Supreme Court· 2009-03-09· cited 559×
• Pitts v. Glass
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-01-28· cited 206×
• Morgan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-05-28· cited 94×
• Grissom v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-01-20· cited 57×
• Fairclough v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-05-19· cited 55×
• Sweet v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-09-13· cited 49×
• State v. Sims
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-02-02· cited 37×
• Napier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-06-02· cited 28×
• Browner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-03· cited 28×
• Jenkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-02-24· cited 27×
• Hendricks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-29· cited 25×
• Higgenbottom v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-29· cited 23×
• Gill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-09-22· cited 22×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-10-06· cited 22×
• Bowling v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-17· cited 20×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-10-20· cited 20×
• State v. Alexander
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-05-05· cited 19×