Lawson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• no error where statement brought to trial judge’s attention immediately, who instructed the jury, and no evidence suggested that jurors were influenced by improper communication
• “where there is no suggestion that jurors were influenced by the improper communication, the presumption of prejudice is rebutted.”
• claim of ineffective assistance for failure to discover purported evidence was based on “rank speculation”
• defendant waives issue of improper communication between the bailiff and jurors when counsel fails to move for a mistrial or object to judge’s subsequent remarks to the jury
• defendant waives issue of improper communication between the bailiff and jurors when counsel fails to move for a mistrial or object to judge’s subsequent remarks to the jury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-02-09· cited 16×
• Hinkle v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-08· cited 13×
• Herrington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-20· cited 12×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-17· cited 12×
• Ray v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-06-12· cited 10×
• Slade v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-07-31· cited 10×
• Newton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-09-13· cited 4×
• Rogers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-06-19· cited 3×
• Hill-Blount v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-10-26· cited 1×
• Eric Fernando Reyes-Castro v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-10-04
• John Earle McMurria v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-06-02
• Darievq Javon Richardson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-10-23
• Corey Hill-Blount v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-10-26
• Kendal Lawrence v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-05-15

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Dickens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-03-13· cited 114×
• Glass v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-05-03· cited 67×
• Bruce v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-10-24· cited 60×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-06-28· cited 47×
• Turpin v. Todd
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-07-14· cited 33×
• State v. Williamson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-06-16· cited 28×
• Battle v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-06-24· cited 26×
• Mercer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-02-02· cited 22×
• Hooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-01-30· cited 18×
• Kelly v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-06-25· cited 16×
• Nhek v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-06-01· cited 14×
• Berry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-07-15· cited 10×
• Treadwell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-02-21· cited 10×
• Mathis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-05-11· cited 10×
• Herrington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-29· cited 9×
• Avans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-09-17· cited 9×
• Allen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-17· cited 7×
• Carter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-15· cited 5×