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 intent, motive, and course of conduct were proper purposes for similar-transaction evidence under the old Evidence Code
• stating that the Sixth Amendment “guarantee [s] effective assistance of counsel, not... preferred counsel or counsel with whom a ‘meaningful relationship’ can be established” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• when similar transaction evidence is admitted to show intent, course of conduct, and bent of mind, a lesser degree of similarity is required than when such evidence is introduced to prove identity
• essential aim of the Sixth Amendment is to guarantee effective assistance of counsel, not to guarantee a defendant preferred counsel or counsel with whom a “meaningful relationship” can be established

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Neal v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-27· cited 374×
• Hulett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-10-20· cited 125×
• Reed v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-04-24· cited 108×
• Morgan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-05-28· cited 94×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-05-29· cited 88×
• Woods v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-26· cited 61×
• Collum v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-03-19· cited 58×
• Hinton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-06-12· cited 53×
• Parnell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-20· cited 48×
• Abdullah v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-10-06· cited 40×
• Biggs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-26· cited 37×
• Bell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-05-24· cited 34×
• Cotton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-05-23· cited 34×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-10-15· cited 30×
• Oliver v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-06-02· cited 29×
• Barnes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-28· cited 29×
• Simpson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-09-13· cited 28×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-08-08· cited 21×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-18· cited 21×
• McCoy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-05-08· cited 19×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Stephens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-07-03· cited 157×
• Goodwin v. Cruz-Padillo
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-29· cited 135×
• Raulerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-10-06· cited 93×
• Berry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-10-06· cited 43×
• Fields v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-11-15· cited 32×
• Massey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-01-18· cited 22×
• Martin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-07-06· cited 22×
• Parks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-05-01· cited 21×
• Roberts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-12-03· cited 19×
• Hyman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-06-12· cited 17×
• Battle v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-08-28· cited 9×