Council v. State

How courts have described this case

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• noting that trial counsel's conduct fell below the standards set by the ABA for the appointment and performance of counsel in death penalty cases
• relying in large part upon Wiggins v. Smith, 539 U.S. 510, 123 S.Ct. 2527, 156 L.Ed.2d 471 (2003
• relying in large part upon Wiggins v. Smith, 539 U.S. 510, 123 S.Ct. 2527, 156 L.Ed.2d 471 (2003), this Court determined that counsel's failure to adequately investigate and present mitigating evidence resulted in the ineffective assistance of counsel requiring a new sentencing hearing

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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Mercer
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2009-01-12· cited 36×
• Rosemond v. Catoe
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2009-06-29· cited 25×
• Weik v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2014-07-23· cited 7×
• State v. Blakely
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2013-04-10· cited 3×
• Rivera v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2009-05-18· cited 2×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2012-02-22· cited 1×
• Maron Alexander Lindsey v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2025-11-05

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Williams v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 2000-04-18· cited 15,929×
• Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• Atkins v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-20· cited 3,384×
• Eddings v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-19· cited 3,271×
• Penry v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,957×
• Rompilla v. Beard
  Supreme Court· 2005-06-20· cited 1,891×
• California v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1987-01-27· cited 1,207×
• State v. Council
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-04-05· cited 157×
• Arnold v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-08-31· cited 93×
• Caprood v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2000-01-04· cited 86×
• Browning v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  Supreme Court· 1999-12-06· cited 83×
• Ard v. Catoe
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2007-03-05· cited 59×
• Suber v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2007-01-22· cited 53×
• Singleton v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-08-30· cited 49×
• McKnight v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-05-12· cited 43×
• Von Dohlen v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-08-30· cited 29×
• Watson v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2006-08-14· cited 25×
• Ingle v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-02-19· cited 24×