Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2/26/1998
Ross v. State
Citations
- 499 S.E.2d 642
- 231 Ga. App. 793
- 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 1114
- 1998 Ga. App. LEXIS 288
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that defendant was not prejudiced by his counsel’s failure to further impeach witness with certified copies of witness’s felony convictions
- concluding that defendant was not prejudiced by his counsel’s failure to further impeach witness with certified copies of witness’s felony convictions
- trial counsel’s failure to employ independent DNA expert cannot be deemed to be prejudicial absent a showing that such evidence would have been relevant and favorable to the defendant
- no prejudice in failing to impeach witnesses with certified copies of their felony convictions where both admitted to participating in crimes for which the defendant was on trial and one admitted that he was on parole at the time of the crimes
- defendant not prejudiced by trial counsel’s failure to impeach accomplices with their convictions for crimes of moral turpitude because “the jury was already fully aware of the disreputable character of these witnesses by virtue of their own testimony on the stand”
- no prejudice in failing to impeach witnesses with certified copies of their felony convictions where both admitted to participating in crimes for which the defendant was on trial and one admitted that he was on 14 parole at the time of the crimes
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Judges: Smith, Beasley, Banke
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48 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Ashmid v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-07-02· cited 48×
- Turpin v. CurtisSupreme Court of Georgia· 2004-11-22· cited 39×
- Gordon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2001-02-05· cited 39×
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2013-04-29· cited 39×
- Hinely v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-25· cited 27×
- Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2018-08-20· cited 25×
- Totten v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2003-02-10· cited 19×
- Madge v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-09-11· cited 19×
- Simmons v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-10-03· cited 16×
- Bacon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-04-24· cited 16×
- Vincent v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-11-17· cited 15×
- Drake v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-08-03· cited 15×
- Buchanan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-05-06· cited 15×
- Garland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-07-14· cited 15×
- Everhart v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-05-25· cited 15×
- Hudson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-10-26· cited 14×
- Reed v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-02-16· cited 12×
- Bluain v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-01-31· cited 11×
- Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-02-10· cited 11×
- Harrell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-02-13· cited 10×
Cites
21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
- Harper v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1982-06-02· cited 229×
- Goodwin v. Cruz-PadilloSupreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-29· cited 135×
- Luallen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1996-01-22· cited 56×
- Stewart v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1994-02-14· cited 53×
- Ponder v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-10-01· cited 42×
- Ross v. KempSupreme Court of Georgia· 1990-07-11· cited 32×
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1994-09-19· cited 30×
- Cochran v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1992-03-13· cited 29×
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-09-11· cited 27×
- Redding v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-11-06· cited 24×
- Hand v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-09-11· cited 23×
- Parker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-05-14· cited 20×
- Blige v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1993-06-28· cited 18×
- Lawrence v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-06-26· cited 17×
- White v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-03-09· cited 14×
- Boone v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-11· cited 9×
- Manus v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-10-23· cited 8×
- Emerson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-03-06· cited 4×
- Reed v. Carolina HoldingsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina· 2017-02-07· cited 4×
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