Lamar v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing defendant’s convictions based on trial court’s failure to hold a proper Faretta hearing after assertion of right to self-representation
• “[A] trial court is clearly authorized by OCGA § 15-12-142 (a) to maintain jury sequestration over a death penalty defendant’s objection”
• \[A] trial court is clearly authorized by OCGA § 15-12-142(a) to maintain jury sequestration over a death penalty defendant's objection\
• trial court erred when it failed to advise defendant of the dangers of self-representation at trial
• colloquy regarding dangers of self-representation may vary based on the type of criminal case at bar
• it is a violation of constitutional law for a mentally incompetent person to stand trial, whether that person is represented by counsel or acting pro se

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Bryant v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-18· cited 70×
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-09-19· cited 44×
• State v. Evans
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-23· cited 36×
• Rivera v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-06-25· cited 33×
• Shelton R. Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-04-10· cited 30×
• Wiggins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-01-19· cited 28×
• MARTIN-ARGAW v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-10-17· cited 17×
• Kesterson v. Jarrett
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-06-18· cited 16×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-29· cited 12×
• Merriweather v. Chatman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-09-28· cited 10×
• Alford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-04-19· cited 9×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-06-24· cited 9×
• Smith v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-07-13· cited 7×
• Bettis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-07-10· cited 7×
• Sheppard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-13· cited 5×
• BEACH v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-28· cited 5×
• Wadley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-01-14· cited 4×
• Adams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-21· cited 4×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-12-09· cited 3×
• Coast v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-03-11· cited 3×

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Payton v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1980-04-15· cited 7,618×
• Pate v. Robinson
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-21· cited 3,039×
• Estelle v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1981-05-18· cited 2,053×
• Godinez v. Moran
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-24· cited 1,916×
• O'CONNOR v. Ortega
  Supreme Court· 1987-03-31· cited 1,069×
• Clarke v. Zant
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-02-24· cited 152×
• Gissendaner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-05· cited 131×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-06-20· cited 117×
• Berryhill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-05-18· cited 87×
• Moss v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-03-25· cited 80×
• Braley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 70×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-09-15· cited 69×
• Wayne v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-02-02· cited 67×
• Rhode v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-01· cited 49×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-02-08· cited 49×
• Colwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-03-02· cited 41×
• Childress v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-03-15· cited 37×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-02-27· cited 36×