Nichols 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 to refuse to dismiss juror who was spouse of investigator who had worked on case where juror later became ill and was replaced with an alternate
• counsel’s considered, strategic decision not to call witnesses who would have substantiated theory of self-defense was not ineffective because counsel determined their testimony would not have been beneficial or would have been merely cumulative
• counsel’s considered, strategic decision not to call witnesses who would have substantiated theory of self-defense was not ineffective because counsel determined their testimony would not have been beneficial or would have been merely cumulative

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• McKinney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-09-18· cited 30×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-03-18· cited 11×
• Sleeth v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-09-10· cited 5×
• Hudson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-02-05· cited 5×
• Roberts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-11-30· cited 4×
• Lindsey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-04· cited 1×
• Frankie Solomon Gray v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-10-21
• Marreese Hudson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-02-05

Cites

4 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×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-02-13· cited 154×
• Morris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-04-23· cited 13×