Downs v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• motion for postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 included Downs's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in both guilt and penalty phases of the original trial
• “Judicial scrutiny of counsel's performance must be highly deferential” and “even if . . . counsel's conduct . . . [was] unreasonable, we would also . . . [find] counsel's deficiencies did not prejudice [the defendant].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Occhicone v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-06-29· cited 321×
• Maxwell v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-05-15· cited 248×
• Kennedy v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-06-08· cited 134×
• Cottle v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-04-08· cited 111×
• Porter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-05-03· cited 108×
• State v. Riechmann
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-02-24· cited 98×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-05-20· cited 96×
• Doorbal v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-02-14· cited 96×
• Darling v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-07-12· cited 84×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-10-20· cited 69×
• Carroll v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-03-07· cited 65×
• Morgan v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-07-10· cited 49×
• Mikenas v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-11-01· cited 43×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-01-25· cited 40×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-09-20· cited 36×
• Zeigler v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-06-21· cited 34×
• Gordon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-04-10· cited 33×
• McCrae v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-06-18· cited 33×
• Kelley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-09-06· cited 32×
• William Henry Bennett v. G.S. Fortner, Superintendent, Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-01-17· cited 31×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Engle v. Isaac
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-21· cited 3,714×
• Michel v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1956-01-23· cited 2,788×
• Affronti v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1955-12-05· cited 1,308×
• Knight v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-02-24· cited 404×
• United States v. Willie Decoster, Jr., (Decoster Iii)
  D.C. Circuit· 1979-07-10· cited 324×
• Washington v. Strickland
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-12-23· cited 204×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-06-12· cited 39×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-05-22· cited 24×
• Washington v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-04-06· cited 23×

Other cases named Downs v. State

82 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-05-20· cited 96×
• Downs v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-08-16· cited 67×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-01-11· cited 55×
• Downs v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1978-07-13· cited 49×
• Downs v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2004-06-09· cited 39×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-09-20· cited 36×
• Downs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-11-30· cited 34×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-04-08· cited 30×
• Downs v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1977-12-15· cited 30×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-05-22· cited 24×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1952-01-16· cited 24×
• Downs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2007-12-06· cited 23×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-12-04· cited 19×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1959-12-21· cited 17×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-01-18· cited 16×
• Downs v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1985-09-17· cited 14×
• Downs v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1995-10-24· cited 12×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1932-08-15· cited 9×
• Downs v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-10-22· cited 8×
• Downs v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-07-13· cited 7×
• Downs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-08· cited 6×
• Downs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-04-05· cited 6×
• Downs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-02-02· cited 6×
• Downs v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2005-05-24· cited 6×
• Downs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1893-06-22· cited 6×
• Downs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-10-02· cited 5×
• Downs v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-03-28· cited 5×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-12-13· cited 4×
• Downs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-09-13· cited 4×
• Downs v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-01-17· cited 4×
• Downs v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1990-04-17· cited 4×
• Downs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-04-05· cited 4×
• Downs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1959-02-02· cited 3×
• Downs v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1976-02-03· cited 3×
• Downs v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-07-02· cited 3×
• Downs v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-10-10· cited 3×
• Downs v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1969-12-09· cited 3×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1895-05-11· cited 3×
• Downs v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-10-25· cited 2×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-08-21· cited 2×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1976-02-09· cited 2×
• Downs v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1960-06-01· cited 1×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1924-09-02· cited 1×
• Downs v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-10-19· cited 1×
• Downs v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-04-25· cited 1×
• Downs v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-09-01· cited 1×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2019-03-04· cited 1×
• Downs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1994-05-06
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 2004-04-02
• Downs v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-11-20