McMillian 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 counsel did not render deficient representation when she advised the petitioner that the factfinder could infer intent to commit a crime from a trespass
• stating intent to commit a crime may be inferred from a trespass
• \[T]he unexplained breaking and entry of a dwelling in the night is itself evidence of intent to commit larceny . . . .\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Hill v. Lockhart
  Supreme Court· 1985-11-18· cited 11,299×
• North Carolina v. Alford
  Supreme Court· 1970-11-23· cited 9,465×
• Cherry v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1989-12-04· cited 215×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1988-01-25· cited 80×
• Suber v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2007-01-22· cited 53×
• Lomax v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-07-28· cited 28×
• Mirich v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1979-04-20· cited 27×
• State v. Haney
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1971-10-22· cited 16×
• Lounds v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-12-15· cited 15×
• State v. Cross
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1994-08-31· cited 8×
• Pelzer v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2009-02-03· cited 1×