Smith 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 trial court did not err in failing to instruct the jury as to the defendant’s defense of accident since defendant vehemently denied having committed any act to harm the victim
• stating that counsel’s reasonable decisions regarding defense strategy do not constitute deficient performance
• “ ‘[P]ost-incision autopsy photographs are admissible if necessary to show some material fact that becomes apparent only due to the autopsy.’ ” (citation omitted)
• strategic decisions regarding defense theories should involve consultation with client but are ultimately to be made by trial counsel
• trial counsel not ineffective for failing to pursue additional medical investigation after consulting with an expert
• “Strategic decisions regarding . . . which witnesses to call are within the exclusive province of the attorney after consultation with the client and do not amount to ineffective assistance.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 108×
• Lupoe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-11-03· cited 86×
• Ventura v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-30· cited 62×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-02-04· cited 56×
• Zamora v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-09-10· cited 54×
• Barrett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-15· cited 45×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-08· cited 41×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-11-08· cited 40×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-11-17· cited 32×
• Daughtie v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-01· cited 31×
• Davane v. Thurmond
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-10-15· cited 26×
• Reed v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-23· cited 25×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-18· cited 25×
• Overton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-11-26· cited 22×
• Yancey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-04-29· cited 22×
• Sanders v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-09-12· cited 18×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-09-09· cited 17×
• Lanier v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-12-07· cited 17×
• Pierce v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-11-19· cited 16×
• McKiernan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-01· cited 16×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 421×
• Schofield v. Holsey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-26· cited 192×
• Al-Amin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-05-24· cited 78×
• Fairclough v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-05-19· cited 55×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-06-30· cited 46×
• McDaniel v. THE STATE
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-10-24· cited 41×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-05-10· cited 40×
• Washington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-07-08· cited 39×
• Banks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-03-19· cited 32×
• Buttram v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-06-12· cited 30×
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-07-01· cited 28×
• Turpin v. Bennett
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-01· cited 17×