John Washington Hightower v. Derrick Schofield

How courts have described this case

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

• “Counsel only pursued this sentence-focused strategy after discussing it with Hightower and gaining his approval.”
• “Counsel testified . . . that their strategy was to save Hightower’s life, rather than to seek an acquittal. This was a reasonable strategic choice, given that Hightower confessed to the murders . . . .”
• “We recently decided in Hicks . . . that Ake errors are subject to harmless Netherland, 79 F.3d 1386, 1388 (4th Cir. 1996); Brewer v. Reynolds, 51 F.3d 1519, 1529 (10th Cir. 1995); Starr v. Lockhart, 23 F.3d 1280, 1291 (8th Cir. 1994

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jean Neckson Cadet v. John M. Bulger
  Eleventh Circuit· 2004-07-20· cited 217×
• Kenny Roy Miller v. Patti Webb, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-09-22· cited 101×
• Smulls v. Roper
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-07-29· cited 84×
• Jeffery Lee v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-08-01· cited 61×
• Jeffrey Lee Atwater v. James v. Crosby, Jr.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2006-06-12· cited 43×
• Harvey v. Warden, Union Correctional Institution
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-01-06· cited 42×
• John Washington Hightower v. William Terry
  Eleventh Circuit· 2006-08-08· cited 32×
• James McWilliams v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2019-10-15· cited 7×
• Crowe v. Head
  N.D. Georgia· 2005-01-21· cited 4×
• Brown v. United States
  S.D. Georgia· 2008-09-29· cited 3×
• Michael Sockwell v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2025-06-30· cited 2×
• Lardner v. Department of Justice
  District of Columbia· 2009-07-31
• Miller v. Webb
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-09-22
• Herbert Smulls v. Donald Roper
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-07-29
• Harold Lee Harvey, Jr. v. Warden, Union Correction
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-01-06
• American Samoa Government v. Feagaimaali'i
  High Court of American Samoa· 2004-04-26

Cites

40 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×
• Miller-El v. Cockrell
  Supreme Court· 2003-02-25· cited 27,550×
• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Williams v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 2000-04-18· cited 15,929×
• Murray v. Carrier
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 7,499×
• Wainwright v. Sykes
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-23· cited 6,068×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Ake v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-26· cited 3,332×
• Purkett v. Elem
  Supreme Court· 1995-05-15· cited 3,008×
• Adams v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 1,718×
• Morgan v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-15· cited 1,584×
• Ross v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1988-08-25· cited 1,289×
• David Ronald Chandler v. United States
  Eleventh Circuit· 2000-07-21· cited 1,022×
• Penry v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 2001-06-04· cited 946×
• John Angus Wright v. Sec. For the Dept. of Correc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-01-10· cited 407×
• Cedric Eagle v. Leland Linahan
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-10-12· cited 394×
• Amadeo v. Zant
  Supreme Court· 1988-05-31· cited 361×
• William Howard Putman v. Frederick J. Head
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-10-09· cited 280×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-06-18· cited 261×