Fretwell v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• even though another attorney may have chosen a different course, trial strategy, even ifit proves unsuccessful, is a matter of professional judgment
• even though another attorney may have chosen a different course, trial strategy, even if it proves unsuccessful, is a matter of professional judgment
• counsel need not raise every single conceivable argument to defeat a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
• even though another attorney could have chosen a different course, trial strategy, even if it proves unsuccessful, is a matter of professional judgment

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Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lockhart v. Fretwell
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-25· cited 3,956×
• Howard v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2006-06-29· cited 177×
• Noel v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-09-14· cited 87×
• State v. Hutton
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2003-11-05· cited 87×
• Bobby Ray Fretwell v. Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas Department of Corrections
  Eighth Circuit· 1998-03-05· cited 53×
• Weaver v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-11-04· cited 30×
• Nance v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-11-18· cited 28×
• Williams v. Norris
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-08-17· cited 27×
• Stewart v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2014-10-09· cited 24×
• Flowers v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2010-09-30· cited 17×
• Ellis v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2014-01-23· cited 16×
• Fretwell v. Lockhart
  E.D. Arkansas· 1990-06-29· cited 7×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2014-06-26· cited 6×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2014-05-08· cited 1×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2014-07-31· cited 1×
• Bobby Ray Fretwell v. Larry Norris
  Eighth Circuit· 1998-01-07
• Marcel Williams v. Larry Norris
  Eighth Circuit· 2009-08-17

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Fretwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1986-05-19· cited 74×
• Leasure v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1973-07-16· cited 56×
• Pruett v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1985-10-07· cited 32×
• Tackett v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1984-12-10· cited 28×
• McCroskey v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-01-10· cited 27×
• Pitcock v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-05-02· cited 10×