Matthews v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that \[C]ounsel cannot assert trial strategy as a defense for failure to object to comments which constitute an error of law and are inherently prejudicial\
• concluding that \[C]ounsel cannot assert trial strategy as a defense for failure to object to comments which constitute an error of law and are inherently prejudicial\
• “Vouching for a witness based on outside material conveys the impression to the jury that the solicitor has evidence not presented to the jury but known by the prosecution which supports conviction.”
• \A solicitor may not vouch for the credibility of a State's witness based on personal knowledge or other information outside the record.\
• where counsel articulates a valid reason for employing certain strategy, the conduct will not be deemed ineffective assistance of counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Goodspeed v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-04-06· cited 1,864×
• Tappeiner v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2016-05-04· cited 15×
• Vaughn v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2004-12-20· cited 12×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2007-12-10· cited 10×
• State of Texas v. Melvin Goodspeed
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-04-06
• Martin v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2019-07-17
• Washington v. State of South Carolina
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2025-01-15

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Butler v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-08-27· cited 103×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-01-27· cited 82×
• State v. Gunn
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-09-23· cited 77×
• Wright v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-21· cited 64×
• State v. Caldwell
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-02-05· cited 55×
• Dawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-08-13· cited 33×
• Gallman v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-02-24· cited 28×
• State v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-01-08· cited 20×
• Whitehead v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-06-12· cited 18×
• State v. Barroso
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-12-01· cited 17×
• State v. Barroso
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1995-06-12· cited 16×