Richardson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming Superior Court’s conclusion that defendant did not establish prejudice from his counsel’s alleged failure to communicate a plea 10 (18
• noting court had previously held Richardson's robbery and attempted murder charges did not warrant Chance instructions because all the underlying offenses required the same mens rea
• “[F]inality . . . is essential to the operation of our criminal justice system.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “[T]he burden is on the defendant to make concrete and substantiated allegations of prejudice.”
• “If it is easier to dispose of an ineffectiveness claim on the ground of lack of sufficient prejudice, which we expect will often be so, that course should be followed.” (internal quotation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-08-26
• State v. Desmond
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2019-05-01
• State v. Weber
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2019-07-29
• Abbatiello v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2020-12-22
• Swan v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2021-03-01
• Purnell v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2021-06-17
• Reed v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2021-08-11
• Cephas v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2022-05-17
• State v. Stokes
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2022-07-14
• State v. Jones
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2022-07-20
• Oropeza v. Pierce
  D. Delaware· 2014-04-09
• Chao v. Caple
  D. Delaware· 2013-03-18
• State v. Shah
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2023-04-04
• State v. Kellam
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2024-05-22
• State v. Lolley
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2024-09-30
• State v. Williams
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2024-10-10
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2025-01-23
• State v. Hudson
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2025-04-30