Powell 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 the evidence was sufficient to convict the appellant of rape despite the victim’s inability to identify him in court because a second witness positively identified him as the man who entered the victim’s home
• explaining that the jury’s acquittal on some charges against a defendant strongly supports the conclusion that trial counsel rendered “reasonably effective assistance[.]”
• jury’s acquittal on some charges against defendant strongly supports conclusion that trial counsel rendered reasonably effective assistance
• defendant’s partial acquittal “strongly supports the conclusion that the assistance actually rendered by defendant’s trial counsel fell within [the] broad range of reasonably effective assistance”
• record supported finding that not objecting to credibility testimony was consistent with defense counsel’s trial strategy
• record supported finding that not objecting to credibility testimony was consistent with defense counsel's trial strategy

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Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Boyt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-07-10· cited 34×
• Dixon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-04-07· cited 21×
• Ellison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-19· cited 19×
• Grier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-10-20· cited 19×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-08-03· cited 19×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-11-15· cited 14×
• Hargrove v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-01-29· cited 13×
• Gregoire v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-30· cited 8×
• Traylor v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-06-22· cited 8×
• NOELLIEN v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-19· cited 7×
• White v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-02-22· cited 7×
• Laye v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-11-15· cited 7×
• Sneed v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-07-07· cited 6×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-30· cited 5×
• Habersham v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-02-22· cited 4×
• Delgiudice v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-14· cited 4×
• Robert Dipietro v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-09-10

Cites

11 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×
• Chapman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-01-22· cited 118×
• Glass v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-05-03· cited 67×
• Brewer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-14· cited 54×
• Rucker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-09-13· cited 41×
• Gosnell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-01-09· cited 36×
• Green v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-10-03· cited 23×
• Tucker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-05-30· cited 15×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-03-03· cited 13×
• Benefield v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-03-10· cited 10×