McDuffie v. State

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• holding that trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to call a particular witness when his testimony could have been more harmful than helpful
• concluding that the appellant failed to show that trial counsel’s “strategic decision not to call” a certain witness was “entirely unreasonable” when trial counsel was concerned that the witness would be “more harmful than helpful”
• holding that the appellant failed to demonstrate that trial counsel’s “strategic decision not to call” a potential witness was “entirely unreasonable” where trial counsel thought that the potential witness would be “more harmful than helpful”
• appellant failed to show that trial counsel’s “strategic decision not to call” a certain witness was “entirely unreasonable” when trial counsel was concerned that the witness would be “more harmful than helpful”
• appellant failed to demonstrate trial counsel’s “strategic decision not to call” a potential witness was “entirely unreasonable” where trial counsel thought potential witness would be “more harmful than helpful” (citation and punctuation omitted)

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Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Owens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-05· cited 73×
• Gramiak v. Beasley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-10-09· cited 42×
• Park v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-10-04· cited 18×
• Wimberly v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-16· cited 17×
• Floyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-01-13· cited 16×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-06-27· cited 16×
• RAMIREZ v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-05-03· cited 12×
• Roseboro v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-04-06· cited 11×
• Daniel v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-06-07· cited 9×
• Hampton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-05-18· cited 9×
• Blackmon v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-28· cited 4×
• Frazier v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-28· cited 4×
• Anthony Jernigan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-10-21
• Gramiak, Warden v. Beasley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-10-09
• Hart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-06-24
• Courtney Tramon Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-06-27
• Sandra Julieta Arteaga-Itubbe v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-02-10

Cites

12 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×
• Vega v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-09· cited 340×
• Long v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-10-04· cited 98×
• Powell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 75×
• Turpin v. Curtis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-11-22· cited 39×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-02-18· cited 38×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-08· cited 25×
• Manriquez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-10-19· cited 20×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-10-20· cited 20×
• Slade v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-04-28· cited 17×
• Lopez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-01-14· cited 6×