Winters v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• The burden to overcome the presumption is \extremely difficult\ to meet where trial counsel did not testify at the motion for new trial hearing.
• The burden to overcome the presumption is \extremely difficult\ to meet where trial counsel did not testify at the motion for new trial hearing.
• “[M]istake of fact is not separate from a self-defense argument where the asserted mistake concerned whether the victim was armed and the defendant’s use of force was thus justified.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Zayas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2024-05-29· cited 18×
• Redding v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2021-05-17· cited 12×
• Hawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-09-23· cited 2×
• DAVIS v. the STATE.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-05-03
• Stotts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2018-11-21
• Mbungu v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-09-16
• Derrick Gregory Bryant v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-02-07
• Lewis Terrance Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-02-21
• Justin Hollis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-03-30

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×
• Puckett v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2009-03-25· cited 5,608×
• State v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-11-07· cited 546×
• Shaw v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-05-06· cited 147×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-09-22· cited 83×
• Marshall v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-06-29· cited 67×
• State v. Abernathy
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-07-05· cited 57×
• Hendrix v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-11-02· cited 51×
• Daniel v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-05-18· cited 33×
• Sampson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-06-04· cited 29×
• Hernandez v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-10-17· cited 18×
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-04-17· cited 16×
• Anderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-06-08· cited 15×
• Harris v. Upton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-04· cited 11×
• Merritt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-11-03· cited 2×