John S. Bergmann v. Gary McCaughtry

How courts have described this case

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

• “It is well established that a sen- tencing court may consider lack of remorse when imposing a sentence.”
• “As a matter of trial strategy, counsel could well decide not to call family members as witnesses because family members can be easily impeached for bias.”
• “As a matter of trial strategy, counsel could well decide not to call family members as witnesses because family members can be easily impeached for bias.”
• noting cross-examination decisions constitute trial strategy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Lopez
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2005-07-28· cited 255×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Ilona of Hungary, Incorporated
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-03-06· cited 125×
• United States v. Ronald Zitt
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-04-15· cited 109×
• State v. Knight
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2005-07-01· cited 98×
• Malcum v. Burt
  E.D. Michigan· 2003-07-30· cited 62×
• State v. Shreves
  Montana Supreme Court· 2002-12-20· cited 53×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2009-08-07· cited 33×
• McWhorter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2011-09-30· cited 29×
• United States v. Ramon Toro
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-03-04· cited 26×
• Burr v. Pollard
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-10-15· cited 24×
• Michael Gilbreath v. Dan Winkleski
  Seventh Circuit· 2021-12-30· cited 24×
• Hall v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2007-03-23· cited 23×
• Vincent Brumley v. George E. Detella, Warden of Stateville Correctional Center
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-08-07· cited 19×
• United States v. Ahmet Keskes
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-01-07· cited 16×
• State v. Burgess
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2008-02-26· cited 16×
• United States v. James Stuart, Jr.
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-12-03· cited 13×
• Perkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2012-11-02· cited 9×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Ilona of Hungary, Incorporated
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-10-02· cited 8×
• Larry Dunaway v. State of Alabama.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2009-12-18· cited 4×
• State v. Kerley
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2017-12-15· cited 4×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Griffin v. California
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-28· cited 4,680×
• Griffin v. California
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 4,088×
• United States v. Sblendorio
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-09-08· cited 142×
• United States v. Mark A. Patterson
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-07-14· cited 90×
• Melton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1988-02-22· cited 61×
• United States v. Victor Johnson, Michael Joiner, and Melvin Buford
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-06-04· cited 60×
• Peter Galowski v. James Murphy, Superintendent, Columbia Correctional Institution
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-12-14· cited 41×
• United States v. Elsa Ramos and Jairo Ramos
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-05-08· cited 41×
• United States v. John L. Blackman
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-12-06· cited 33×
• United States of America Ex Rel. Leroy Smith, Jr. v. Michael P. Lane
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-06-24· cited 21×
• Six v. Delo
  E.D. Missouri· 1995-05-02· cited 9×