Orr v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting argument that decision not to object was result of reasonable trial strategy, where trial counsel’s decision was predicated on erroneous view that testimony was not improper opinion testimony
• only evidence on one element of crime was testimony of victim, who contradicted her earlier statement
• where no physical evidence of rape was presented and only evidence against defendant was victim’s testimony, any bolstering of that testimony was “extremely harmful” to defendant
• where no physical evidence of rape was presented and only evidence against defendant was victim’s testimony, any bolstering of that testimony was “extremely harmful” to defendant
• ineffective assistance of counsel mandated a new trial where there was no physical evidence, victim’s testimony was the only evidence against defendant, and counsel failed to object to testimony bolstering victim’s credibility
• ineffective assistance of counsel mandated a new trial where there was no physical evidence, victim’s testimony was the only evidence against defendant, and counsel failed to object to testimony bolstering victim’s credibility

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Goldstein v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-01· cited 42×
• Al-Attawy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-01-25· cited 22×
• Hines v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-01-27· cited 19×
• Gaston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-07· cited 17×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-06-17· cited 16×
• Gilmer v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-11-18· cited 16×
• Collins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-01-05· cited 15×
• Gregoire v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-30· cited 8×
• Granger v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-20· cited 5×
• Blackmon v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-28· cited 4×
• Rene Flores-Avila v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-01-02
• Melvin Gaston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-08-07
• Carey Granger v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-20

Cites

10 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×
• Gibbons v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-02-03· cited 353×
• Cuzzort v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-10-01· cited 181×
• Teague v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-05-01· cited 162×
• Bowley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-05-09· cited 48×
• Wallace v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-01-10· cited 28×
• Lagana v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-11-29· cited 24×
• Crider v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-11-13· cited 16×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-17· cited 16×