Totten v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding counsel’s “trial strategy and tactics” were “within the bounds of reasonable professional conduct”
• finding counsel's \trial strategy and tactics\ were \within the bounds of reasonable professional conduct\
• no abuse of discretion in denying a post-conviction request for funds to hire an investigator when trial court authorized funds to hire an investigator prior to trial
• “Inasmuch as appellant is challenging the form of the indictment for the first time on appeal, the objection is improper and has been waived.”
• trial counsel’s failure to impeach a witness with certified copies of a prior conviction did not amount to ineffective assistance where the witness testified he was in federal prison and wore jail attire during his court appearance
• post-trial request for investigation services lies within trial court’s discretion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 421×
• Stinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-03-28· cited 50×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-06-28· cited 47×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2005-09-19· cited 41×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-04-29· cited 39×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-09-09· cited 17×
• Palmer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-06-04· cited 16×
• Dukes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-12-17· cited 15×
• Tarvin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-01-12· cited 15×
• Barner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-03-10· cited 10×
• Sharp v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-09-13· cited 9×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-11-18· cited 6×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-11-17· cited 5×
• Morton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-02-04· cited 5×
• Martin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-10-20· cited 5×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-11-14· cited 4×
• David Robertson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-04-03
• Jimmy L. Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-01-23

Cites

12 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×
• State v. Eubanks
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-09-07· cited 150×
• Goodwin v. Cruz-Padillo
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-29· cited 135×
• Morgan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-05-28· cited 94×
• McKay v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-09-29· cited 60×
• Ross v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-02-26· cited 51×
• Borders v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-08· cited 37×
• Kettman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-11-19· cited 28×
• Willingham v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-05-05· cited 24×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-07-16· cited 9×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-04-14· cited 9×