Davis 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 record did not support PCR judge’s conclusion that counsel’s deficient performance was prejudicial to respondent given respondent did not show how additional preparation would have resulted in a different outcome
• declining to presume prejudice where trial counsel did not conduct an investigation of the charges against his client and admitted he was unprepared for trial
• declining to presume prejudice where trial counsel did not conduct an investigation of the charges against his client and admitted he was unprepared for trial
• evidence supported PCR judge’s ruling that counsel was deficient, in part because counsel admitted he was unprepared for trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hughes v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-08-27· cited 10×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-03-10· cited 6×
• Roberts v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-09-13· cited 3×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Hill v. Lockhart
  Supreme Court· 1985-11-18· cited 11,299×
• Cherry v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-12-04· cited 215×
• Kibler v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1976-07-23· cited 17×
• Skeen v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-02-03· cited 15×
• Padgett v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-04-07· cited 6×