Spencer v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that we review a trial court's decision on the admission or exclusion of evidence for an abuse of discretion
• noting that the ultimate decision as to whether or not to testify rests with criminal defendant and not his counsel
• noting that a prosecutor may argue to the jury to convict for the safety of the community
• noting that we review a trial court’s decision on the admission or exclusion of evidence for an abuse of discretion
• noting that we review a trial court's decision on the admission or exclusion of evidence for an abuse of discretion
• noting the potential danger of disclosing privileged content of discussions between defendant and his lawyer about whether to testify

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-16· cited 122×
• Faust v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-02· cited 54×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-04-29· cited 39×
• Harvey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-03-27· cited 35×
• Glover v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-05-29· cited 26×
• The Estate of Robert Hunter Nixon v. W. Keith Barber
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-01-26· cited 24×
• State v. Hodges
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-06-18· cited 21×
• Wright v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-02-11· cited 16×
• HOLZHEUSER v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-12· cited 14×
• Baptiste v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-02-28· cited 13×
• BRYSON v. JACKSON
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-09-12· cited 10×
• Render v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-01-10· cited 9×
• Gautreaux v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-02-13· cited 9×
• ANDERSON v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-06-11· cited 7×
• In re Brinson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-10-03· cited 7×
• Terrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-06-04· cited 6×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-05-29· cited 5×
• FRYE v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-02-26· cited 2×
• Tucker Hamlette v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-02-14
• Glenard Rico Wright v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-02-11

Cites

15 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×
• Earnest v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-10-30· cited 182×
• McClain v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-11-12· cited 179×
• Chandler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-07-03· cited 147×
• Philmore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-04-19· cited 76×
• Peterson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-07-16· cited 55×
• Laney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-05-17· cited 55×
• Laster v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-06-30· cited 53×
• Burton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-01-10· cited 38×
• Stobbart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-10· cited 38×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-03-13· cited 26×
• Gibson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-03-31· cited 23×
• Davenport v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-01-28· cited 21×
• Barron v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-01-30· cited 20×