Pitts v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that it was reasonable trial strategy to not object to improper statements during the State’s closing argument to avoid drawing the jury’s attention to them
• trial counsel’s strategic decision to forego objection to avoid drawing jury’s attention to prosecutor’s allegedly objectionable remark “was reasonable and did not constitute deficient performance”
• problematic aspects of an in-court identification go to the witness’s credibility, which is solely a question for jury determination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jackson v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-01-25· cited 5×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-04· cited 4×
• Hicks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-07· cited 3×
• Sheila Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-04-03
• Turner Benton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-08-26
• Ted Jefferson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-08-26
• Rakeen Rayneil Hicks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-07
• Laranda Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-04
• Alejandro Martinez-Arias v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-07-14
• Demarcus West v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-09-26

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Holmes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-02-16· cited 98×
• Braithwaite v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 95×
• Arrington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-09· cited 91×
• Pye v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-21· cited 91×
• Harley-Davidson Motor Co. v. Daniel
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-09-07· cited 89×
• Anthony v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-04· cited 57×
• Adams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-03-10· cited 53×
• Ralston v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-11-30· cited 42×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-09-19· cited 41×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-09-22· cited 38×
• Blige v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-06-26· cited 21×
• Flemister v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-02· cited 19×
• Price v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-09-22· cited 18×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-03-07· cited 16×
• Mangrum v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-07-15· cited 15×
• Rainly v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-11-30· cited 11×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-08-25· cited 8×
• Coghlan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-01-16· cited 8×
• Partridge v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-09-07· cited 7×