Santana v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “It was for the jury to assess the credibility of the witnesses . . . and to resolve any discrepancies in the evidence presented at trial.”
• “When trial counsel’s failure to file a motion to suppress is the basis for a claim of ineffective assistance, the defendant must make a strong showing that the damaging evidence would have been suppressed had counsel made the motion.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• the jury decides what credibility and weight to give expert opinions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rawls v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-19· cited 23×
• Feder v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-05-14· cited 6×
• McIver v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-05-13· cited 4×
• Neason v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-11-07· cited 1×
• Lois J. Bowers, Personal Representative for the Estate of Luther E. Bowers v. Csx Transportation, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-11-03

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×
• Romer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-07-01· cited 233×
• Harper v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-06-02· cited 229×
• Wesley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 208×
• Shaw v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-05-06· cited 147×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 108×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-09-09· cited 108×
• Whatley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-12-04· cited 92×
• Lattarulo v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-02-28· cited 79×
• Shank v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-03-19· cited 63×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-28· cited 43×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-10-22· cited 41×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-09-13· cited 30×
• Mosley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-01-27· cited 20×
• Howard v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-02-01· cited 18×
• Valentine v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-09-09· cited 18×
• Boswell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 17×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-09-09· cited 17×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-01-27· cited 15×