192 Ga. App. 18 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 1995
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Smith v. Francis · Pitts v. Glass · Smith v. State · Brown v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Considering the totality of the circumstances and not just [Sears'] allegations of isolated errors, [cit.], we are satisfied that [the trial court's finding that [Sears] . . . failed to meet his burden [is not clearly erroneous].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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