Pondexter v. Quarterman

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[m]eritless claims or claims that are not prejudicial cannot be cumulated, regardless of the total number raised”
• holding that “[m]eritless claims or claims that are not prejudicial cannot be cumulated, regardless of the total number raised”
• holding that overwhelming evidence of guilt precluded appellant from establishing the prejudice necessary to prevail on his ineffective assistance of counsel claim
• holding that overwhelming evidence of guilt precluded appellant from establishing the prejudice necessary to prevail on his ineffective assistance of counsel claim
• finding that an IATC claim may be rejected for want of either deficient performance or prejudice, and thus the absence of either prong of the Strickland analysis is dispositive
• finding that an IATC claim may be rejected for want of either deficient performance or prejudice, and thus the absence of either prong of the Strickland analysis is dispositive

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hooks v. Workman
  Tenth Circuit· 2012-08-03· cited 270×
• Littlejohn v. Trammell
  Tenth Circuit· 2013-01-07· cited 149×
• Janosky v. St. Amand
  First Circuit· 2010-02-03· cited 138×
• Salts v. Epps
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-03-29· cited 98×
• Woodward v. Epps
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-08-21· cited 69×
• United States v. Abel Tavera
  Sixth Circuit· 2013-06-20· cited 30×
• Dale v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-12-19· cited 22×
• Donald B. Farmer, s/k/a Don B. Farmer v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-01-29· cited 15×
• John King v. Lorie Davis, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-02-22· cited 8×
• State v. Mullen
  Washington Supreme Court· 2011-06-23· cited 1×
• Pondexter, Willie Earl, Jr.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-03-02
• Chavez, Ex Parte Juan Manuel
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2010-11-17

Cites

29 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×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
• Rompilla v. Beard
  Supreme Court· 2005-06-20· cited 1,891×
• Penry v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 2001-06-04· cited 946×
• Pondexter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-10-16· cited 349×
• Busby v. Dretke
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-02-25· cited 248×
• United States v. Runyan
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-04-18· cited 192×
• Rector v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-08-18· cited 172×
• Richard James Wilkerson v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-01-06· cited 148×
• Schaetzle v. Cockrell
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-08-15· cited 121×
• Leslie Lowenfield v. C. Paul Phelps, Secretary of the Department of Corrections, State of Louisiana
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-06-22· cited 108×
• United States v. Frye
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-06-06· cited 105×
• Crane v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-07-02· cited 86×
• Pondexter v. Dretke
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-09-16· cited 86×
• United States v. George F. Brown
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-10-20· cited 78×
• Neville v. Dretke
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-08-25· cited 77×
• Richard William Kutzner v. Janie Cockrell, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-08-07· cited 76×
• Alpha/Omega Insurance Services, Inc. v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-11-05· cited 54×
• Ron Chris Foster v. Robert L. Johnson, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-06-06· cited 54×