Ryan v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that trial counsel’s strategic decision not to present an alibi defense was not deficient performance where evidence was conflicting regarding alibi and counsel had concerns about the strength of such a defense
• applying the Strickland standard to a claim that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to introduce certain evidence at trial
• “[T]he making of objections falls within the realm of trial tactics and strategy and thus usually provides no basis for reversal of a conviction.” (quotation marks omitted)
• “[T]he making of objections falls within the realm of trial tactics and strategy and thus usually provides no basis for reversal of a conviction.” (quotation marks omitted)
• counsel could reasonably have decided not to object to a witness’s testimony “to avoid drawing the jury’s attention to the questions and [the witness’s] invocation of her right against self-incrimination in response”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Anaiah Petty v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-05-14
• Momon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-10-21
• Nicholas Depaul Burse v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-10-22
• Saunders v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-12-09
• Fadesire v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-03-17
• Dill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-03-17
• Benson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-05-19
• Glover v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2026-06-02

Cites

31 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×
• State v. Lane
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 247×
• Schofield v. Holsey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-26· cited 192×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-07-06· cited 90×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-03-11· cited 86×
• Ward v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-06-11· cited 69×
• DAVIS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-10· cited 67×
• Moon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-02-07· cited 66×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-06-10· cited 64×
• Hartsfield v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-03-28· cited 52×
• Hampton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-09-22· cited 45×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-28· cited 43×
• Strother v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-05-20· cited 39×
• McKinney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-21· cited 36×
• Terry v. Jenkins
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-02-27· cited 34×
• Ridley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-01-18· cited 30×
• Henderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-19· cited 27×
• STEPP-McCOMMONS v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-06-29· cited 25×
• Denson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-12-23· cited 21×
• Rashad v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-02-06· cited 21×