Grier v. State

99 Citing cases

  1. Reyes-Castro v. State

    352 Ga. App. 48 (Ga. Ct. App. 2019)   Cited 6 times   1 Legal Analyses

    "Grier v. State , 273 Ga. 363, 365 (4), 541 S.E.2d 369 (2001) (citation and punctuation omitted).Watkins v. State , 285 Ga. 355, 358 (2), 676 S.E.2d 196 (2009) (citations and punctuation omitted).

  2. Williams v. State

    353 Ga. App. 821 (Ga. Ct. App. 2020)   Cited 3 times

    A trial counsel’s tactics and strategic decisions "are almost never adequate grounds for finding trial counsel ineffective unless they are so patently unreasonable that no competent attorney would have chosen them."Grier v. State , 273 Ga. 363, 365 (4), 541 S.E.2d 369 (2001).Dority v. State , 335 Ga. App. 83, 96 (4), 780 S.E.2d 129 (2015) (citation and punctuation omitted).

  3. Carmichael v. State

    353 Ga. App. 64 (Ga. Ct. App. 2019)   Cited 5 times

    " A trial counsel’s trial tactics and strategic decisions, "no matter how mistaken in hindsight, are almost never adequate grounds for finding trial counsel ineffective unless they are so patently unreasonable that no competent attorney would have chosen them."Grier v. State , 273 Ga. 363, 365 (4), 541 S.E.2d 369 (2001) (citation and punctuation omitted).Dority v. State , 335 Ga. App. 83, 96 (4), 780 S.E.2d 129 (2015) (citation and punctuation omitted).

  4. Easley v. State

    352 Ga. App. 1 (Ga. Ct. App. 2019)   Cited 3 times

    A trial counsel’s tactics and strategic decisions "are almost never adequate grounds for finding trial counsel ineffective unless they are so patently unreasonable that no competent attorney would have chosen them."Grier v. State , 273 Ga. 363, 365 (4), 541 S.E.2d 369 (2001).Dority v. State , 335 Ga. App. 83, 96 (4), 780 S.E.2d 129 (2015) (citation and punctuation omitted).

  5. Leslie v. State

    341 Ga. App. 731 (Ga. Ct. App. 2017)   Cited 3 times
    Noting "the jury's rejection of the [a]ppellant's defense that his actions were justified as reasonable parental discipline," where the appellant, as a means of disciplining his 7-year-old son, had repeatedly forced the child into a wooden box that had no holes for light or air to enter, then latched the box closed for 30 minutes, while the child yelled out that he was hot and could not breathe

    Grier v. State, 273 Ga. 363 , 365 (4) (541 SE2d 369 ) (2001) (citations and punctuation omitted). 25

  6. Jones v. State

    315 Ga. App. 427 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012)   Cited 11 times
    Denying claim of ineffective counsel where counsel did not present alibi witnesses after none of the witnesses he interviewed could give him information on defendant's whereabouts at the time of the crime

    (Citation and punctuation omitted.) Grier v. State, 273 Ga. 363, 365(4), 541 S.E.2d 369 (2001). “The decisions on which witnesses to call and all other strategies and tactical decisions are the exclusive province of the lawyer after consultation with his client.”

  7. Alexis v. State

    313 Ga. App. 283 (Ga. Ct. App. 2011)   Cited 9 times
    Finding no deficient performance where trial counsel did not raise a hearsay objection to a detective's testimony because he opted to discredit the detective's investigation through cross-examination and at closing, and noting that if an objection had been sustained, the prosecution could have simply recalled the declarant to the stand

    (Citation and punctuation omitted.) Grier v. State, 273 Ga. 363, 365(4), 541 S.E.2d 369 (2001). (a) Alexis contends that his trial counsel should have objected to the testimony of an investigator from the district attorney's office who stated that Alexis' black cell phone was retrieved from Lee's car pursuant to a search warrant.

  8. Woods v. State

    304 Ga. App. 403 (Ga. Ct. App. 2010)   Cited 16 times

    As a general rule, reasonable trial tactics and strategies do not amount to ineffective assistance of counsel. Grier v. State, 273 Ga. 363, 365 (4) ( 541 SE2d 369) (2001). "The decisions on which witnesses to call and all other strategies and tactical decisions are the exclusive province of the lawyer after consultation with his [or her] client."

  9. Jacobs v. State

    299 Ga. App. 368 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009)   Cited 22 times

    (Citation and punctuation omitted.) Grier v. State, 273 Ga. 363, 365 (4) ( 541 SE2d 369) (2001). "In the absence of testimony to the contrary, counsel's actions are presumed strategic."

  10. Dyer v. State

    295 Ga. App. 495 (Ga. Ct. App. 2009)   Cited 11 times

    (Citation omitted.) Grier v. State, 273 Ga. 363, 365 (4) ( 541 SE2d 369) (2001). We will uphold "a trial court's finding that a defendant has received effective assistance of counsel . . . unless [that finding is] clearly erroneous."