Newman v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that even if trial counsel rendered deficient performance in failing to object to defendant’s three prior convictions, in light of overwhelming evidence of guilt, defendant could not show prejudice
• concluding that even if trial counsel rendered deficient performance in failing to object to defendant’s three prior convictions, in light of overwhelming evidence of guilt, defendant could not show prejudice
• noting that the purpose of opening statements is to elaborate on what the parties expect the evidence will show
• failure to make a meritless objection does not provide a basis upon which to find ineffective assistance of counsel
• “In the absence of testimony to the contrary, counsel’s actions are presumed to be strategic, and strongly presumed to fall within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance.”
• failure to make a meritless objection will not support a finding of ineffective assistance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Snipes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-09-08· cited 18×
• MARTIN v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-12-21· cited 11×
• Justin St. Germain v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-01-25
• Kmesha Latesh Holley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-03-09
• Michael Lawson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-08-19
• CHAPMAN v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-07-01
• Woods v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-08-26
• Nicholas Depaul Burse v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-10-22
• Mamadou Lamine Sambou v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-02-16
• Ruben Alvarado v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-09-07
• Angelo Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-04-26
• Dixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-12-09
• Edouard Kamdem v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-06-22

Cites

25 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×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 421×
• Fuller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-01-12· cited 227×
• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-11-05· cited 210×
• Schofield v. Holsey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-26· cited 192×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-06-09· cited 78×
• Chatman v. Mancill
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-01-30· cited 71×
• DAVIS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-10· cited 67×
• Toomer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-11-19· cited 64×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-10· cited 64×
• Pyatt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-03-25· cited 57×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-05-09· cited 57×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-28· cited 55×
• Gaston v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-01-13· cited 47×
• ANTHONY v. THE STATE (Three Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-05· cited 44×
• Anthony v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-03-05· cited 43×
• Menefee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-06-19· cited 29×
• Funes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-03· cited 27×
• Parker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-10-20· cited 23×
• State v. Newman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-04-29· cited 17×