Robertson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that counsel’s performance was constitutionally deficient where counsel elicited testimony of two convictions that the state was barred from introducing for purposes of impeachment
• holding that the “right to effective assistance of counsel merely ensures the right to reasonably effective [not perfect] assistance.”
• holding that ..: where defense. depended on defendant's credibility, there was no possible 7 reasonable strategy and defense counsel rendered deficient performance by intentionally eliciting and opening the door to otherwise inadmissible evidence
• holding that trial counsel performed deficiently by “allowing the jury to hear prejudicial and clearly inadmissible evidence because this evidence could serve no strategic value including demonstrating that appellant is not a liar”
• explaining that one is ensured the right to reasonably effective assistance of counsel, not perfect assistance
• holding trial counsel performed deficiently for introducing evi dence that would have been inadmissible under Rule 404(b) if offered by the State

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Trevino v. Thaler
  Supreme Court· 2013-05-28· cited 1,236×
• Lopez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-06-15· cited 1,100×
• Ex Parte Cristela GARCIA, Appellee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-09-14· cited 172×
• Ex Parte Ellis
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-09-12· cited 135×
• Figueroa v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2008-04-14· cited 126×
• Cueva v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2011-05-02· cited 110×
• Anthony Wert v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-10-11· cited 81×
• DeLeon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2010-08-31· cited 62×
• Brandon Lynn Darkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-04-29· cited 60×
• Esaw Lampkin v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2015-08-11· cited 60×
• Troy Williams II v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2013-11-14· cited 58×
• Huerta v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2012-02-02· cited 52×
• Sunday Agbogwe v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2013-08-29· cited 52×
• Martin v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2007-09-20· cited 50×
• Brennan v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2009-04-01· cited 50×
• Bryant, Billy Ray
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-11-19· cited 49×
• Donna Jean Dill A/K/A Donna Zill v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-10-06· cited 49×
• Williams v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2010-05-05· cited 46×
• Gboweh Dickson George v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2014-08-26· cited 43×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2017-01-19· cited 42×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Guzman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-09-24· cited 6,556×
• Rylander v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-03-26· cited 1,786×
• McFarland v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-09-23· cited 1,003×
• Ingham v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-10-17· cited 684×
• Vaughn v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-09-11· cited 375×
• Ex Parte Chandler
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-04-13· cited 353×
• Ashley v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07· cited 223×
• Ex Parte Menchaca
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-05-12· cited 222×
• Emmit Charles Lyons v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-09-13· cited 73×
• State v. Hawthorne
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1988-11-18· cited 41×
• Linnell Harding v. Jerry L. Sternes, Warden
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-09-15· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Moore
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-14· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Candia
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-04-20· cited 20×

Other cases named Robertson v. State

273 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Robertson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-03-09· cited 259×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-10-10· cited 241×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-07-31· cited 124×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2009-02-06· cited 107×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-07-16· cited 61×
• Robertson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-08-08· cited 58×
• Robertson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-01-25· cited 57×
• Robertson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1974-12-19· cited 52×
• Robertson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1952-11-26· cited 52×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2005-05-18· cited 46×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-07-03· cited 43×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1976-10-06· cited 42×
• Robertson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1996-11-14· cited 39×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1912-06-15· cited 34×
• Robertson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1968-09-27· cited 33×
• Robertson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2008-01-16· cited 32×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-12-03· cited 31×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-08-11· cited 28×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1991-01-22· cited 24×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-12-02· cited 24×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1974-04-24· cited 23×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-01-07· cited 22×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1959-03-18· cited 20×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-01-21· cited 19×
• Robertson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1994-08-16· cited 19×
• Robertson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1995-07-12· cited 17×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1967-07-12· cited 17×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1895-07-29· cited 17×
• Robertson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-06-15· cited 16×
• Robertson v. State
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1999-12-10· cited 16×
• Robertson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-01-24· cited 16×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1947-11-17· cited 16×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2010-06-17· cited 15×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-05-25· cited 14×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1985-02-27· cited 14×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1982-04-01· cited 14×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1989-02-27· cited 14×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1971-01-20· cited 13×
• Robertson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-12-10· cited 13×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-01-17· cited 12×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1972-11-28· cited 12×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1957-04-02· cited 12×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-08-16· cited 12×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1964-02-19· cited 12×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2009-09-24· cited 12×
• Robertson v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1868-06-15· cited 12×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-08-23· cited 11×
• Robertson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2002-03-27· cited 10×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-24· cited 10×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1995-01-20· cited 10×