Purnell v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “In particular, a court need not determine whether counsel's performance was deficient before examining the prejudice suffered by the defendant as a result of the alleged deficiencies.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Phillips v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-01-17· cited 23×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-04-08· cited 2×
• State of Delaware v. Bowen.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2015-01-08
• Monroe v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-03-25
• Stevenson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-01-19
• Van Vliet v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-09-16
• Burton v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2018-12-26
• State v. Purnell
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2020-02-19
• State v. Jackson
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2020-06-22
• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2020-08-17
• Purnell v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2021-06-17
• State v. Caulk
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2021-06-29
• State v. Owens
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2021-12-21
• State v. Prince
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2022-01-24
• State v. Diggs
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2022-03-15
• State v. Thompson
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2022-05-31
• State v. Brooks
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2022-06-21
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2023-12-12
• Cooke v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2025-01-02
• Brisco v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2025-01-27

Cites

24 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×
• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Jones v. Barnes
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-05· cited 7,925×
• Smith v. Robbins
  Supreme Court· 2000-01-19· cited 3,510×
• Satterwhite v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1988-05-31· cited 926×
• Dawson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-04-17· cited 276×
• Flamer v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-12-21· cited 248×
• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-01-26· cited 221×
• Ploof v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-06-04· cited 208×
• Cooke v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-07-21· cited 132×
• Neal v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-11-08· cited 102×
• Hoskins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-09-22· cited 89×
• Zebroski v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2003-05-14· cited 68×
• Gattis v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1997-09-08· cited 68×
• Cabrera v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2000-03-06· cited 45×
• Ray v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-02-21· cited 45×
• Bland v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1970-02-11· cited 36×
• Brooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-02-23· cited 32×
• Guy v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-11-27· cited 27×
• Allen v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2005-07-07· cited 20×