Wright v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Hands and fists may be deadly weapons depending upon the circumstances, including the extent of the victim’s injuries.”
• counsel’s failure to move for a directed verdict cannot constitute ineffective assistance where evidence suffices to sustain conviction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Gomillion v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-01-08· cited 35×
• Little Rapids Corp. v. McCamy
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-07-07· cited 28×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-07-30· cited 25×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-04-10· cited 23×
• Tenant v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-10-02· cited 19×
• Sims v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-05· cited 18×
• Ogles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-07-25· cited 18×
• Lattimer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-03-25· cited 16×
• Brodes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-07-02· cited 16×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-10-04· cited 13×
• Wright v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-09-19· cited 13×
• Kemp v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-09-10· cited 10×
• Vasser v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-04-30· cited 9×
• Clay v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-07-27· cited 9×
• Brice v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-02-01· cited 8×
• Sneed v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-06-02· cited 6×
• Carr v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-07-14· cited 5×
• Hampton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-03-29· cited 4×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-12-10· cited 3×
• Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-09-02· cited 3×

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Humphrey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-04-17· cited 267×
• Castell v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-03-16· cited 169×
• Wallin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-07-07· cited 95×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-01-29· cited 62×
• Bowley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-05-09· cited 48×
• Burris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-04-24· cited 43×
• Kimbro v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-01-08· cited 36×
• Harper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-12-04· cited 32×
• Fuqua v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-06-09· cited 31×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-09-07· cited 17×
• York v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-02-24· cited 13×
• Brundage v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-03-19· cited 13×
• Gazaway v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-03-08· cited 11×
• Dalton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-11-16· cited 9×
• Wade v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-01-30· cited 8×
• Kelly v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-04-01· cited 8×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-11-01· cited 6×