Diaz v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that it is established law that mitigating factors be proven by a greater weight of the evidence
• finding no ineffectiveness for failing to discover information regarding sexual abuse that defendant and his family did not disclose
• “[C]ounsel is not ineffective for deciding not to call a witness whose testimony will be harmful to the defendant.”
• “A defendant does not satisfy either prong of Strickland when claiming that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a motion to disqualify if counsel would not have prevailed on the motion.”
• applying similar logic in rejecting a cumulative prejudice argument

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Timothy Lee Hurst v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2016-10-14· cited 545×
• & SC14-2278 Charles Grover Brant v. State of Florida and Charles Grover Brant v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2016-06-30· cited 30×
• & SC16-224 Enoch D. Hall v. State of Florida & Enoch D. Hall v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-02-09· cited 29×
• & SC14-887 Neil K. Salazar v. State of Florida and Neil K. Salazar v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2016-02-18· cited 28×
• & SC16-56 Cary Michael Lambrix v. State of Florida and Cary Michael Lambrix v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-03-09· cited 20×
• & SC15-1233 Richard Knight v. State of Florida & Richard Knight v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-01-31· cited 17×
• & SC14-2106 Thomas Bevel v. State of Florida and Thomas Bevel v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-06-15· cited 15×
• David Davidian and Irma Davidian v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-10-07· cited 9×
• Tavares J. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-03-16· cited 9×
• State of Florida v. Raymond Morrison, Jr.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-11-16· cited 6×
• Guillen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-04-13· cited 4×
• LOUIS JEUNE JOHNSON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-03-06· cited 1×
• Tavares J. Wright v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2016-11-23
• James Aren Duckett v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-10-12
• Raymond Bright v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2020-04-02
• Tina Lasonya Brown v. State of Florida & Tina Lasonya Brown v. Mark S. Inch, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2020-08-27
• David James Martin v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2021-05-06
• Lucious Boyd v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2021-05-13
• Billy Jim Sheppard, Jr. v. State of Florida & SC20-422 Billy Jim Sheppard, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2022-03-10
• Jeffrey G. Hutchinson v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2022-06-16

Cites

58 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×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Giglio v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-24· cited 7,003×
• Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
• Ring v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 4,683×
• Frye v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1923-12-03· cited 4,204×
• Ake v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-26· cited 3,332×
• Baker v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-03-11· cited 1,190×
• Porter v. McCollum
  Supreme Court· 2009-11-30· cited 915×
• Spencer v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-03-18· cited 539×
• Sears v. Upton
  Supreme Court· 2010-06-29· cited 293×
• Campbell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-06-14· cited 233×
• Sochor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-07-08· cited 228×
• Stephens v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-11-24· cited 205×
• Mansfield v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-03-30· cited 148×
• Guzman v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-11-20· cited 147×
• Griffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-01-29· cited 139×
• Asay v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-10-26· cited 117×
• Harris v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-06-21· cited 109×
• Porter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-05-03· cited 108×