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← 337 GAAPP 70 - Peterson v. the State

Peterson v. the State’s Empirical Analysis

2016

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Rankin v. State · 272 Ga. App. 587 - Leaptrot v. State · 300 Ga. App. 777 - Pearce 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “There is a strong presumption that the performance of trial counsel falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance. The reasonableness of the conduct is viewed at the time of trial and under the circumstances of the case.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “[w]e accept the trial court's factual findings and credibility determinations unless clearly erroneous, but we independently apply the legal principles to the facts.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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