Deutscher v. Whitley

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that counsel was ineffective where he conducted no investigation into the defendant’s psychiatric history even though health records revealed that the defendant had been born prematurely and had been diagnosed with mental illness
• stating that “we must be especially cautious in protecting a defendant’s right to effective counsel at a capital sentencing hearing”
• finding prejudice where defense counsel failed to present any mitigating evidence at all
• prosecutor pointed out defendant’s failure to introduce psychiatric testimony supporting insanity claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Goad v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1996-12-02· cited 2,686×
• Turner v. Duncan
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-10-08· cited 2,412×
• Cooper v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1992-06-09· cited 1,162×
• William George Bonin v. Arthur Calderon, as Warden of San Quentin State Prison James Rowland, Director of the California Department of Corrections
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-06-28· cited 1,060×
• Nichols v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2002-10-07· cited 524×
• Kirksey v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-08-16· cited 377×
• State v. Brett
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-04-04· cited 373×
• Sheldon Sanders v. John Ratelle, Warden Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General of the State of California
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-04-04· cited 370×
• People v. Pensinger
  California Supreme Court· 1991-02-28· cited 348×
• Hendricks v. Calderon
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-09-01· cited 313×
• Benjamin Wai Silva v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, San Quentin State Prison
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-02-22· cited 284×
• Robert Alton Harris v. Daniel Vasquez, Warden of California State Prison at San Quentin
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-11-15· cited 215×
• Ybarra v. McDaniel
  Ninth Circuit· 2011-09-06· cited 214×
• Fred Berre Douglas v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, of Rswl California State Prison at San Quentin
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-01-24· cited 170×
• Crittenden v. Ayers
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-11-02· cited 151×
• Robert Prihoda v. Gary R. McCaughtry Warden, Waupun Correctional Institution
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-08-14· cited 150×
• John Espiredion Valerio v. Jackie Crawford, Director of the Department of Prisons E.K. McDaniel Warden
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-09-17· cited 148×
• Fernando Eros Caro v. Arthur Calderon, Warden
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-01-11· cited 142×
• Warren Wesley Summerlin v. Dora B. Schriro, Director of Arizona Department of Corrections
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-10-17· cited 121×
• David A. Raley v. Eddie Ylst, Acting Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-11-30· cited 105×

Other cases named Deutscher v. Whitley

5 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Deutscher v. Whitley
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-10-15· cited 43×
• Deutscher v. Whitley
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-04-20· cited 17×
• Deutscher v. Whitley
  D. Nevada· 1988-03-23· cited 7×
• Deutscher v. Whitley
  D. Nevada· 1987-10-22· cited 4×
• Deutscher v. Whitley
  D. Nevada· 1987-06-25· cited 3×