Ruffin 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 appellant was not entitled to a new trial because he failed to allege specific harm from the absence of a transcript of voir dire, opening statements, bench conferences, and the polling of the jury
• holding that the appellant was not entitled to a new trial because he failed to allege specific harm from the absence of a transcript of voir dire, opening statements, bench conferences, and the polling of the jury
• noting principle that trial counsel’s performance cannot be deemed deficient for failing to locate defense witness whose existence was not brought to counsel’s attention
• noting principle that trial counsel’s performance cannot be deemed deficient for failing to locate defense witness whose existence was not brought to counsel’s attention
• affirming conviction because defendant failed to allege specific harm from the absence of a transcript of voir dire, opening statements, bench conferences, and the polling of the jury
• “Grand jury proceedings are confidential and thus appellant was not entitled to a transcript of those proceedings.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

33 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Stinski v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-01· cited 65×
• Reid v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-02-08· cited 64×
• Glass v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-07-11· cited 34×
• Shelton R. Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-04-10· cited 30×
• Hendricks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-29· cited 25×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-02· cited 23×
• Lowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-06-16· cited 21×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-03-17· cited 20×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-08-20· cited 20×
• Sheard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-11-07· cited 19×
• Gadson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-06-18· cited 17×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-13· cited 15×
• Bradford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-10-31· cited 15×
• Holmes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-05-15· cited 11×
• Pattillo v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-06-07· cited 10×
• State v. Wofford
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-19· cited 9×
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-09-08· cited 8×
• Dade v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-29· cited 7×
• Jones-Shaw v. Shaw
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-06-18· cited 7×
• Everett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-03-19· cited 6×

Cites

21 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×
• Isaacs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-11-30· cited 201×
• Lance v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-25· cited 70×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-05-09· cited 58×
• Collum v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-03-19· cited 58×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-10-09· cited 55×
• Stansell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-11-16· cited 53×
• Bridges v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-05-23· cited 49×
• Sinns v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-10-28· cited 34×
• Hester v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-06-25· cited 34×
• Washington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1911-12-14· cited 23×
• Escobar v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-10-11· cited 22×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-07-07· cited 22×
• Wells v. THE STATE
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-16· cited 17×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-10-25· cited 16×
• Ruger v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-11-22· cited 9×
• Jenkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-02· cited 7×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-09· cited 6×