James v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “potential, speculative conflicts of interest” may not be “elevated to the position of actual, significant conflicts”
• “potential, speculative conflicts of interest” may not be “elevated to the position of actual, significant conflicts”
• “potential, speculative conflicts of interest” may not be “elevated to the position of actual, significant conflicts”
• no actual conflict of interest where counsel consistently maintains each codefendant’s alibi defense
• no conflict of interest existed where each defendant’s alibi was distinct, neither defendant attempted to incriminate the other, and the record did not show that either defendant would have pursued a defense in which he blamed the other
• “In each of these cases the potential for conflict inherent in multiple representation became an actual conflict due to the inculpatory or exculpatory nature of testimony or the strategy adopted by defense counsel in the particular case. That is not reflected in the case before us today.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ex Parte Morrow
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-05-21· cited 499×
• Routier v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-05-21· cited 357×
• Monreal v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-06-11· cited 206×
• Acosta v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-09-12· cited 118×
• In the Interest of B.L.D.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2001-07-18· cited 88×
• Charleston v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2000-11-02· cited 59×
• Howard v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1998-04-09· cited 53×
• Gaston v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2004-04-29· cited 42×
• Thompson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-11-27· cited 39×
• Miranda v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1999-04-29· cited 38×
• State v. Hart
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2011-07-14· cited 30×
• Wenzy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-09-15· cited 29×
• Kegler v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2000-05-04· cited 23×
• Pina v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-10-02· cited 23×
• Castillo v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2006-03-23· cited 18×
• Easily v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2008-02-13· cited 16×
• Perez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2011-08-24· cited 15×
• Lopez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2011-11-22· cited 14×
• Hernandez v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 1993-09-29· cited 11×
• Barbaro v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2003-09-09· cited 10×

Cites

33 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×
• Glasser v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1942-02-09· cited 10,035×
• Cuyler v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 5,389×
• Holloway v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1978-04-03· cited 2,478×
• Burger v. Kemp
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,706×
• Wood v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1981-03-04· cited 1,161×
• Ingham v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-10-17· cited 684×
• Ex Parte Duffy
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-10-01· cited 683×
• Mercado v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-05-06· cited 276×
• Passmore v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-05-27· cited 165×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-10-09· cited 147×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-04-15· cited 139×
• William Foxworth v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-08-01· cited 133×
• Dukes v. Warden, Connecticut State Prison
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-19· cited 124×
• Ewing v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-04-06· cited 117×
• Ex Parte Acosta
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-07-11· cited 97×
• Martin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1981-11-04· cited 90×
• Calloway v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-09-25· cited 41×
• Ex Parte McCormick
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-02-16· cited 41×
• Foster v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-06-19· cited 38×