Manuel Garza v. William Stephens, Director

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• counsel did not act deficiently by failing to raise a meritless objection

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Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Christopher Vialva
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-08-11· cited 58×
• Juan Segundo v. Lorie Davis, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-07-28· cited 28×
• Michael Gonzales v. Lorie Davis, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2019-05-17· cited 24×
• Carlos Trevino v. Lorie Davis, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-07-11· cited 20×
• Tracy Beatty v. William Stephens, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-07-16· cited 16×
• Guidry v. Lumpkin
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-06-23· cited 16×
• Michael Norris v. Lorie Davis, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-06-21· cited 11×
• Ramey v. Davis
  S.D. Texas· 2018-07-09· cited 4×
• Garza v. Stephens
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-07-16
• Reynolds v. State
  Vermont Superior Court· 2019-02-21
• Leslie Galloway, III a/k/a Leslie Galloway a/k/a Leslie \Bo\ Galloway, III v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2023-10-05
• Verina Marie Childs a/k/a Verina Childs v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2025-01-28

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Slack v. McDaniel
  Supreme Court· 2000-04-26· cited 41,291×
• Miller-El v. Cockrell
  Supreme Court· 2003-02-25· cited 27,550×
• Williams v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 2000-04-18· cited 15,929×
• Harrington v. Richter
  Supreme Court· 2011-01-19· cited 13,244×
• Coleman v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 12,560×
• Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
• Cullen v. Pinholster
  Supreme Court· 2011-04-04· cited 5,931×
• Martinez v. Ryan
  Supreme Court· 2012-03-20· cited 4,115×
• Bradshaw v. Richey
  Supreme Court· 2005-11-28· cited 1,275×
• Trevino v. Thaler
  Supreme Court· 2013-05-28· cited 1,236×
• Dretke v. Haley
  Supreme Court· 2004-05-03· cited 727×
• Fisher v. State of Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-03-22· cited 181×
• Adolfo Gil Hernandez v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-05-30· cited 165×
• Hughes v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-06-05· cited 106×
• Moody v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-01-17· cited 36×
• Paredes v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-07-06· cited 36×
• Garza v. Thaler
  W.D. Texas· 2012-12-18· cited 6×

Other cases named Manuel Garza v. William Stephens, Director

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Manuel Garza v. William Stephens, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-01-20
• Manuel Garza v. William Stephens, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-12-20