Ex Parte Woods

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “Strickland does not require defense counsel to investigate each and every potential lead, or present any mitigating evidence at all”
• stating that ―Strickland does not require defense counsel to investigate each and every potential lead, or present any mitigating evidence at all . . . .‖
• stating that “ Strickland does not require defense counsel to investigate each and every potential lead, or present any mitigating evidence at all . . . .”
• denying habeas relief on Wiggins claim where trial counsel did investigate by obtaining records and talking to family members and did present mitigating evidence, \albeit a minimal amount.\
• \It is entirely reasonable to conclude that a Texas jury would be singularly unimpressed by the sordid details of applicant's background and bad character traits.\
• “It is entirely reasonable to conclude that a Texas jury would be singularly unimpressed by the sordid details of applicant’s background and bad character traits.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ex Parte Martinez
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2006-06-28· cited 284×
• Kenneth Ray Humphrey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-08-11· cited 10×
• Lewis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2007-03-05· cited 1×
• Kenneth Hayes v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2006-06-27
• Alex Martinez Flores v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2007-10-15
• Ricky Morrison v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2008-01-11
• Adam Roberts Lewis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2006-09-29
• Charles Edward Vaughn v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-10-15
• Kerr, Ex Parte Ricky Eugene
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-04-01
• Woods, Steven Michael AKA Halo
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-09-02
• Williams, Ex Parte Arthur Lee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-06-13
• John Keely Battles v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2014-08-29
• Murray, Daniel Edward v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2014-01-29
• Oscar Martinez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2011-03-24
• West, Damon
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2016-06-08
• Enrique Chavez Aguirre v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2016-08-09
• Kenneth Ray Humphrey v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2016-08-11
• Victor Manuel Pensado v. State
  Texas Supreme Court· 2015-07-31
• Christopher George Tubb v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2021-04-28
• Stanley Rex Baugus v. the State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2023-05-11

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
• Rompilla v. Beard
  Supreme Court· 2005-06-20· cited 1,891×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2004-12-15· cited 441×