Ricketts 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 an erroneous limitation on the appellant’s closing argument was harmless because the “evidence rendered [the appellant’s] story that he acted out of the heat of passion virtually without belief”
• counsel’s decision not to seek additional time for closing argument can be deemed reasonable trial strategy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• McNair v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-17· cited 62×
• Velazquez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-08· cited 41×
• Loadholt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 38×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-05-08· cited 34×
• Agee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-10-24· cited 23×
• Shields v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-05-04· cited 22×
• Hardeman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-07-13· cited 20×
• Laster v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-06-02· cited 17×
• Knighton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-12-21· cited 13×
• Hendricks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 12×
• CRISTER v. McFadden
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-03-01· cited 9×
• Hammond v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-26· cited 7×
• Stryker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-04-16· cited 2×

Cites

35 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×
• Earnest v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-10-30· cited 182×
• Gissendaner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-05· cited 131×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-02-27· cited 109×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-02-05· cited 102×
• Palmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-06-01· cited 74×
• Braley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 70×
• Hayes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-12-03· cited 65×
• Stull v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-01-04· cited 64×
• McIntyre v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-11-06· cited 61×
• Strickland v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-06-24· cited 52×
• Pennie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-09-13· cited 50×
• Rhode v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-10-01· cited 49×
• Burger v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-01-06· cited 47×
• Cromartie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-08· cited 45×
• State v. Larocque
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-09-15· cited 43×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-09-09· cited 40×
• Lawler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-01-27· cited 37×
• Sedlak v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-15· cited 37×