White v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• failure to make a meritless motion does not support a finding of ineffective assistance of counsel
• “The failure to make a meritless motion or objection does not provide a basis upon which to find ineffective assistance of counsel.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• counsel’s failure to make a meritless motion does not support a finding of ineffective assistance of counsel
• “Admissibility of evidence of a victim’s character is now governed by OCGA §§ 24- 4-404 (a) (2) and 24-4-405 (a), which generally limit evidence of a victim’s character to reputation or opinion and not specific bad acts.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-19· cited 53×
• Strong v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-06-29· cited 51×
• Henderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-02-01· cited 19×
• Evans v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-05-04· cited 11×
• Matthews v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-05-17· cited 11×
• KIRKLAND v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-02-20· cited 8×
• MORRIS v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-04-05· cited 5×
• Gialenios v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-03-01· cited 5×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-05-17· cited 4×
• Oniel W. Clarke v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-09-10
• Daniel Vallejo v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-11-08
• Jarrett James McCloud v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-05-01
• Eddie Crawford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-05-07
• Felton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-09-16

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×
• Romer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-07-01· cited 233×
• Chandler v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-07-03· cited 147×
• Lupoe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-11-21· cited 125×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-30· cited 97×
• Brewner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-08-14· cited 74×
• Zamora v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-09-10· cited 54×
• Palmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-05-21· cited 51×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-04· cited 49×
• McClure v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-10-07· cited 48×
• Mohamud v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-15· cited 39×
• Hampton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-10-09· cited 38×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-07-05· cited 28×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-02-01· cited 22×
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-06-06· cited 17×