Skip to main content
Federal & State Lawfederalstatelaw.com
Home/Federal/Cases
Supreme Court of Georgia· 3/27/2015

Woodard v. State

Citations

  • 296 Ga. 803
  • 771 S.E.2d 362
  • 2015 Ga. LEXIS 199

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “a person is not justified in using force if that person . . . is attempting to commit, is committing, or is fleeing after the commission or attempted commission of a felony”
  • holding that, where the defendant did not object to a jury instruction and indeed requested that the trial court give the instruction in question, the defendant “affirmatively waived” any claim of alleged error by the trial court in giving the jury instruction
  • holding that trial counsel affirmatively waived an argument of error on appeal where counsel not only failed to object to the language in a proposed self- defense jury instruction, but also “requested that the trial court give the pattern charge including that language”
  • explaining that in the context of deciding whether a defendant has shown Strickland prejudice, we review the record de novo and weigh the evidence as we would expect reasonable jurors to have done
  • explaining that in examining whether a defendant has shown Strickland prejudice, we review the * record de novo and weigh the evidence as we would expect reasonable jurors to have done
  • explaining that in examining whether a defendant has shown Strickland prejudice, we review the record de novo and weigh the evidence as we would expect reasonable jurors to have done

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Nahmias, Benham, Hunstein, Melton

Read full opinion on CourtListener

Cited by

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

Cites

42 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases named Woodard v. State

116 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

Sourced from CourtListener / Free Law Project (CC0).

This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.