304 Ga. App. 846 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Washington v. State · 235 Ga. App. 258 - Herndon v. State · 301 Ga. App. 497 - Nava v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although another lawyer may have conducted the defense in a different manner and taken another course of action, the fact that [Lewis] and his present counsel disagree with the decisions made by trial counsel does not require a finding that [Lewis'] original representation was inadequate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. LEWIS v. the STATE.“The scope of cross-examination is grounded in trial tactics and strategy, and will rarely constitute ineffective assistance of counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. LEWIS v. the STATE.
How this case has been treated — in progress
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