Rhoden v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]here is no requirement for an attorney to prognosticate future law in order to render effective representation. Counsel is not obligated to argue beyond existing precedent.” (citations and punctuation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-28· cited 43×
• Esprit v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-03-11· cited 34×
• Moss v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-03-15· cited 20×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-05-16· cited 16×
• Burke v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-01-28· cited 10×
• Bacon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-05-02· cited 9×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-01-17· cited 9×
• State v. Henry
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-10-19· cited 6×
• HANDY v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-14· cited 5×
• Volkova v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-03-01· cited 5×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-05-17· cited 4×
• State v. Riley
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-03-04· cited 2×
• Tedric Leslie v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-05-04
• Roland Croyle v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-06-30
• Pedro Tamayo v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-05-01
• ESPRIT v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-03-11
• Copney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-10-15
• Momon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-10-21
• Travis Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2026-03-05

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TB
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-19· cited 1,335×
• Rice v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 2006-01-18· cited 1,140×
• Rivera v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 2009-03-31· cited 377×
• Dixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-12-11· cited 191×
• Lupoe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-11-21· cited 125×
• Long v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-10-04· cited 98×
• Faust v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-02· cited 54×
• Head v. Ferrell
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-22· cited 52×
• Westmoreland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-28· cited 51×
• Propst v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-07-05· cited 47×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-02· cited 44×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-02-16· cited 42×
• Lyman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-05-15· cited 42×
• United States v. Michael Talton Williams
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-10-02· cited 32×
• Capps v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-10-31· cited 21×
• Downey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-03-07· cited 19×
• Marquez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-02-08· cited 16×