Preston v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• \[T]he issue of the effectiveness and competency of defense counsel may not be raised for the first time on direct appeal from a conviction ....\
• “[T]he issue of the effectiveness and competency of defense counsel may not be raised for the first time on direct appeal from a conviction . . . .”
• “Too often we see the [v]oir dire process (continued . . .) 9 witness,21 or ask improper commitment questions (also referred to as “stake out” questions
• “[T]he issue of the effectiveness and competency of defense counsel may not be raised for the first time on direct appeal from a conviction . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Duross v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-06-13· cited 50×
• Van Arsdall v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-11-19· cited 32×
• Hilliard v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1976-01-12· cited 27×
• Urquhart v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2019-01-24· cited 14×
• United States ex rel. Preston v. Ellingsworth
  D. Delaware· 1975-01-02· cited 1×
• State of West Virginia v. Michael J.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2024-11-07

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Parson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1971-02-16· cited 47×
• Jenkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1973-03-02· cited 38×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1972-05-12· cited 26×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1973-03-06· cited 10×
• Matthews v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1971-03-30· cited 5×