Graham v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating, \[t]he court has the authority to summarily deny relief without appointment of counsel when the petition and record reflect it is without merit\
• \[T]here is no constitutional requirement for the appointment of counsel for an application for post-conviction relief until a colorable or justiciable issue or meritorious grievance prima facially appears in the appellant's petition.\ (emphasis added)
• “There is no absolute duty to appoint counsel for an indigent defendant in a post- conviction relief proceeding unless the application on its face reflects a colorable or justiciable issue or a meritorious grievance.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Steele v. Kehoe
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-05-27· cited 150×
• Commonwealth v. Conceicao
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-02-28· cited 102×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-07-03· cited 48×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-02-11· cited 28×
• Muhammad v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-12-16· cited 26×
• Russo v. Akers
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-11-25· cited 18×
• Adams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-01-23· cited 17×
• Steele v. Kehoe
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-03-20· cited 17×
• Arbelaez v. Butterworth
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-06-17· cited 16×
• Spalding v. Dugger
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-06-10· cited 14×
• Rogers v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-12-15· cited 13×
• Birge v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-06-18· cited 13×
• Amend. to Rules of App. Proc., Civ. Proc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-09-30· cited 10×
• State Ex Rel. Smith v. Jorandby
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-12-18· cited 10×
• Schneelock v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-11-22· cited 10×
• State Ex Rel. Smith v. Brummer
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-01-12· cited 10×
• Amendments To Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure 3.851, 3.852, & 3.993
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-07-12· cited 10×
• State Ex Rel. Smith v. Brummer
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-12-16· cited 9×
• Madden v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-12-15· cited 9×
• Wheeler v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-01-15· cited 9×

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gideon v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 8,419×
• Gagnon v. Scarpelli
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 5,755×
• In Re GAULT
  Supreme Court· 1967-05-15· cited 5,473×
• Powell v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1932-11-07· cited 4,979×
• Bounds v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-27· cited 4,812×
• Gardner v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1977-03-22· cited 1,935×
• Proffitt v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 1,798×
• Ross v. Moffitt
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-17· cited 1,488×
• Cooper v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-07-08· cited 161×
• Kleppe v. New Mexico
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-04· cited 156×
• Sullivan v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1974-11-27· cited 139×
• State v. Weeks
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1964-09-09· cited 121×
• Alvord v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1975-09-17· cited 113×
• Craig v. Boren
  Supreme Court· 1977-02-22· cited 99×
• Darden v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-02-18· cited 68×
• Proffitt v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1975-05-28· cited 61×
• Sullivan v. Askew
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-06-30· cited 56×
• Douglas v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-02-18· cited 51×
• Darden v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-19· cited 45×
• Hooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1971-10-20· cited 31×