Walker v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Sheer speculation is insufficient. Otherwise, character evidence would be admitted routinely, disguised as relevant to whatever speculative theory the proponent managed to put forth.” (citation omitted)
• “Sheer speculation is insufficient. Otherwise, character evidence would be admitted routinely, disguised as relevant to whatever speculative theory the proponent managed to put forth.” (citation omitted)
• “[F]ailure to pursue further a meritless argument does not constitute ineffective representation by counsel.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Faust v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-02· cited 54×
• Shaw v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2014-07-18· cited 18×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-03-07· cited 11×
• Kilpatrick v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-28· cited 11×
• Richardson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-06-26· cited 2×
• Leronza Lamar Richardson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-06-26

Cites

16 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×
• Malcolm v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-09-20· cited 1,049×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-15· cited 421×
• Smith v. Francis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-01-29· cited 406×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-07-06· cited 90×
• Holsey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-12-02· cited 56×
• Funes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-10-03· cited 27×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-18· cited 23×
• Herrera v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-11-01· cited 20×
• Hurst v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-04-28· cited 17×
• Armstrong v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-02-11· cited 12×
• Moore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-03-09· cited 12×
• Felton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-02-25· cited 11×
• McBride v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-01· cited 11×
• Collins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-06· cited 10×