Merck v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to make a meritless argument”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Thomas Rigterink v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2016-04-21· cited 15×
• Morgan v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-05-30· cited 15×
• & SC17-246 Eric Kurt Patrick v. State of Florida and Eric Kurt Patrick v. Julie L. Jones, etc
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2018-06-14· cited 11×
• Gary Richard Whitton v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-10-09· cited 7×
• Troy Merck, Jr. v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2018-12-28· cited 5×
• London v. Dubrovin
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-04-29· cited 2×
• & SC12-2522 Gary Richard Whitton v. State of Florida & Gary Richard Whitton v. Michael D. Crews, etc. - Corrected Opinion
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-04-02
• & SC14-22 Roderick Michael Orme v. State of Florida & Roderick Michael Orme v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-12-10
• & SC17-246 Eric Kurt Patrick v. State of Florida and Eric Kurt Patrick v. Julie L. Jones, etc. - Corrected Opinion
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2018-06-14
• Tony Torrell Ansley, Jr. v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-08-16
• Troy Merck, Jr. v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2020-07-09
• Billy Baker v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-04-08
• Citizens Property Insurance Corporation v. Alejandro Luzardo Villasmil and Anthony Jose Ferrer
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2026-04-15

Cites

65 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×
• Arizona v. Youngblood
  Supreme Court· 1989-01-23· cited 3,366×
• Michel v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1956-01-23· cited 2,788×
• Jones v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1999-03-24· cited 2,200×
• Affronti v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1955-12-05· cited 1,308×
• Spencer v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-03-18· cited 539×
• Occhicone v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-06-29· cited 321×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-11-14· cited 320×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-03-17· cited 305×
• Maxwell v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-05-15· cited 248×
• Sochor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-07-08· cited 228×
• Carratelli v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-07-05· cited 165×
• Lusk v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-01-26· cited 162×
• England v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-09-28· cited 151×
• Mansfield v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-03-30· cited 148×
• McLin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-09-12· cited 146×
• Griffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-01-29· cited 139×
• Rutherford v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-12-17· cited 139×
• Walls v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-07-07· cited 132×