Roseboro v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that where counsel articulates a valid reason for employing a certain strategy, it is measured under an objective standard of reasonableness.
• noting that an alibi charge is considered especially crucial when the evidence is entirely circumstantial
• finding the defendant was prejudiced by the lack of an alibi instruction where the prosecutor, in his closing argument, disparaged the defendant's alibi evidence
• counsel must articulate an objectively reasonable strategy to avoid a finding of ineffectiveness
• counsel must articulate an objectively reasonable strategy to avoid a finding of ineffectiveness
• “An alibi charge places no burden on a criminal defendant but emphasizes that it is the State’s burden to prove the defendant was present and participated in the crime.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Hawkins
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-29· cited 67×
• McKnight v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-05-12· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-07-17· cited 30×
• Ingle v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-02-19· cited 24×
• Gibbs v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2013-05-15· cited 17×
• Maurice Hope v. Warden Cartledge
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-05-22· cited 13×
• Padgett v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1997-04-07· cited 6×
• Vail v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2013-02-20· cited 3×
• Abney v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2014-03-19· cited 2×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Underwood v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-12-07· cited 19×
• Ford v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-03-21· cited 11×
• Riddle v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-05-26· cited 6×