Butler v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding the PCR applicant bears the burden of proving the allegations in their application
• stating the PCR applicant has the burden to prove the allegations in his or her application and noting the applicant must establish both deficient performance and prejudice to prove an allegation of ineffective assistance of counsel
• “The proper measure of counsel’s performance remains whether he has provided representation within the range of competence required by attorneys in criminal cases.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Butler v. McKellar
  Supreme Court· 1990-03-05· cited 557×
• McKenna v. Nevada
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-21· cited 153×
• Speaks v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-04-14· cited 65×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-06-20· cited 44×
• McKnight v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-05-12· cited 43×
• Palacio v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-01-18· cited 42×
• Glover v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1995-06-19· cited 42×
• Simmons v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-06-01· cited 36×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2013-06-19· cited 34×
• Von Dohlen v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-08-30· cited 29×
• Gallman v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-02-24· cited 28×
• Evans v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2005-04-04· cited 28×
• Foye v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-07-26· cited 27×
• Wolfe v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-05-12· cited 25×
• Thrift v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-10-22· cited 23×
• High v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-12-04· cited 22×
• Edmond v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-06-26· cited 21×
• Bannister v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-12-14· cited 21×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-02-16· cited 21×
• Lowry v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-02-11· cited 21×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• State v. Butler
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-02-22· cited 49×
• Pearlie Simmons v. Sea-Land Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1982-10-12· cited 28×
• Butler v. South Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1982-10-18· cited 28×
• Griffin v. Martin
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1983-02-17· cited 10×