Looney v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the trial court’s credibility determination will not be disturbed on appeal
• stating “a diagnosis as a psychopath is a mental health factor viewed negatively by jurors and is not really considered mitigation”
• stating “a diagnosis as a psychopath is a mental health factor viewed negatively by jurors and is not really considered mitigation”
• “[S]trategic decisions do not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel if alternative courses have been considered and rejected and counsel’s decision was reasonable under the norms of professional conduct.” (quoting Howell v. State, 877 So. 2d 697, 703 (Fla. 2004))
• “[S]trategic decisions do not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel if alternative courses have been considered and rejected and counsel’s decision was reasonable under the norms of professional conduct,” (quoting Howell v. State, 877 So.2d 697, 703 (Fla. 2004))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Reed v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2010-01-11· cited 113×
• & SC16-224 Enoch D. Hall v. State of Florida & Enoch D. Hall v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-02-09· cited 29×
• Carl Puiatti v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-10-15· cited 22×
• Douglas v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-01-05· cited 6×
• Andrew Richard Allred v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2016-01-14· cited 5×
• Robert J. Bailey v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-08-28· cited 2×
• McBride v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-08-21

Cites

23 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×
• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• Ring v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 4,683×
• Huff v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-07-01· cited 322×
• Occhicone v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-06-29· cited 321×
• Maxwell v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-05-15· cited 248×
• Sochor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-07-08· cited 228×
• Stephens v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-11-24· cited 205×
• Griffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-01-29· cited 139×
• Rose v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-03-07· cited 121×
• Porter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-05-03· cited 108×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-06-21· cited 100×
• Dufour v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-04-14· cited 83×
• Arbelaez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-01-27· cited 82×
• Reed v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-04-15· cited 73×
• Hildwin v. Dugger
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-01-19· cited 62×
• Looney v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-11-01· cited 62×
• State v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-12-12· cited 60×
• State v. Sireci
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-01-05· cited 51×
• Howell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-05-06· cited 23×