Watkins 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 an appellant “may not rely on hearsay or speculation” to demonstrate ineffective assistance
• noting that an appellant “may not rely on hearsay or speculation” to demonstrate ineffective assistance
• finding no error in trial court’s conclusion that waiver was knowing and voluntary based on detective’s testimony
• finding no error in trial court’s conclusion that waiver was knowing and voluntary based on detective’s testimony
• In examining a claim of ineffective assistance, this Court “need not address both components of the inquiry if the defendant makes an insufficient showing on one.”
• “[T]o demonstrate prejudice from trial counsel’s alleged failure to elicit favorable testimony at trial, the defendant may not rely on hearsay or speculation^] but must either call the witness or introduce a legally recognized substitute for the uncalled witness’s testimony.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Toomer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-11-19· cited 64×
• Zamora v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-09-10· cited 54×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-04-24· cited 47×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-02-18· cited 36×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-06· cited 31×
• Mitchell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-06· cited 29×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-02-27· cited 29×
• Pulley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-07-02· cited 26×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-18· cited 25×
• Baker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-10-21· cited 20×
• Byrd v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-20· cited 20×
• Steele v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-06-24· cited 18×
• Smarr v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-09-07· cited 17×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-11-05· cited 16×
• Young v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-07-07· cited 13×
• Boyd v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-03-28· cited 12×
• Gant v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-12-15· cited 11×
• Mangrum v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-09-10· cited 8×
• Billington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-01-25· cited 7×
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-04-26· cited 7×

Cites

18 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×
• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Jackson v. Denno
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 6,121×
• J. E. B. v. Alabama ex rel. T. B.
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-19· cited 1,420×
• Vega v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-02-09· cited 340×
• Vergara v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-02-25· cited 124×
• Dickens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-03-13· cited 114×
• Ledford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-25· cited 99×
• Long v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-10-04· cited 98×
• Philmore v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-04-19· cited 76×
• Allen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-01-12· cited 65×
• Krause v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-22· cited 51×
• Livingston v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-22· cited 36×
• Bell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-07-12· cited 28×
• United States v. Martinez
  Second Circuit· 2010-09-17· cited 25×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-22· cited 12×