Lane v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[W]hile every defendant has the right to hire counsel, a defendant must use reasonable diligence in obtaining retained counsel. A defendant may not use a request for change of counsel as a dilatory tactic.” (citations and punctuation omitted)
• “[Appellant] presents no evidence, or even assertion, as to what further investigation or preparation might have produced that would have made a difference in the outcome of his trial. Consequently, [Appellant] fails to show ineffective assistance of trial counsel on this ground.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Keller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-04-20· cited 59×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-02-06· cited 46×
• Hampton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-02· cited 46×
• Roberts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 38×
• Ward v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-02-15· cited 25×
• Lofton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-02-15· cited 17×
• In re A. B.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-05-15· cited 7×
• Robert Allen Shaum v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-06-17
• Tyler Alexander Bass v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-07-23
• CHAPMAN v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-07-01
• In the Interest of K. B., a Child (Father)
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-05-15
• Robert Ray Whipkey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-03-06
• Piercefield v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-06-16

Cites

14 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×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 421×
• Smith v. Francis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-01-29· cited 406×
• Lockhart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-02-01· cited 44×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-04-29· cited 39×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-11-20· cited 37×
• Peterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-30· cited 34×
• Sims v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-11-08· cited 29×
• Sanders v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-27· cited 29×
• Redding v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-10-19· cited 29×
• Potter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-02· cited 10×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-05-05· cited 5×