Phillips v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• in assessing ineffective assistance of counsel claim, inquiry is whether the failure to strike jurors for cause, from perspective of voir dire, was objectively unreasonable
• outcome of strategic decision to pursue or forego cross-examination could not amount to ineffective assistance
• outcome of strategic decision to pursue or forego cross-examination could not amount to ineffective assistance
• Constitution does not guarantee representation by a lawyer who is errorless but one who renders reasonably effective assistance
• Constitution does not guarantee representation by a lawyer who is errorless but one who renders reasonably effective assistance
• “Informed strategic decisions do not constitute ineffective legal assistance.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Azad Haji Abdullah
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2015-03-02· cited 106×
• Lupoe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-11-03· cited 86×
• Westmoreland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-28· cited 51×
• Boyt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-07-10· cited 34×
• Dority v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-11-23· cited 33×
• Veal v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-05-15· cited 31×
• Cade v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-03· cited 27×
• Escobar v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-10-11· cited 22×
• Parker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-01-22· cited 21×
• Nichols v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-09-17· cited 20×
• Gilmer v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-11-18· cited 16×
• Vincent v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-11-17· cited 15×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-11-15· cited 14×
• Rawls v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-05-17· cited 12×
• Barmore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-15· cited 10×
• Mealor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-02-10· cited 9×
• Sheffield v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2010-11-05· cited 8×
• Ware v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-04-25· cited 7×
• Mickens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-11-16· cited 6×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-30· cited 5×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• DeYoung v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-11-24· cited 174×
• Van Alstine v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-02-25· cited 87×
• Berry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-02-03· cited 61×
• McGill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-04-19· cited 49×
• Corza v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-20· cited 46×
• Rucker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-09-13· cited 41×
• Belton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-02-22· cited 40×
• Phillips v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-15· cited 32×
• Nicholson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-10-02· cited 30×
• Callendar v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-03-11· cited 26×
• Boyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-25· cited 23×
• Hufstetler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-05· cited 18×
• Whitaker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-09-30· cited 10×