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.

• expanding the reasonable probability standard as the burden for proving both the deficiency of counsel and the prejudice prongs
• expanding the reasonable probability standard as the burden for proving both the deficiency of counsel and the prejudice prongs
• “Due process prohibits the conviction of an incompetent defendant, and this right may not be waived by a guilty plea.” (emphasis added)
• “In order to find that petitioner’s trial counsel was ineffective for refusing to request a Blair[ 1 ] hearing on petitioner’s competency to stand trial, petitioner must show that counsel was deficient and that the deficiency prejudiced the outcome of petitioner’s proceedings.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ridgley v. State
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2010-03-17· cited 398×
• Lee v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2011-12-21· cited 10×
• Garren v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2018-04-25· cited 5×
• Ramirez v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2017-01-05· cited 4×
• Ramirez v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2015-07-29· cited 2×
• United States v. McNulty
  Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals· 2024-04-12
• United States v. HAYS
  Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals· 2025-12-19

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• State v. Blair
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-01-05· cited 29×
• Gallman v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-02-24· cited 28×