Skinner v. Quarterman

How courts have described this case

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

• counsel was not deficient for failing to conduct 3 DNA tests of crime scene evidence because there was a risk that such testing would reveal that 4 the DNA belonged to the defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Skinner v. Switzer
  Supreme Court· 2011-03-07· cited 1,318×
• Adam Ward v. William Stephens, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-01-22· cited 72×
• Skinner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-09-23· cited 40×
• Marcus Coleman v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-06-24· cited 4×
• John Hummel v. Lorie Davis, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-11-19· cited 1×
• Skinner, Henry Watkins
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-09-23
• Skinner, Henry Watkins
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-01-27
• Skinner v. Thaler
  Supreme Court· 2010-03-01
• Skinner, Henry Watkins
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2022-10-05

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
• Rompilla v. Beard
  Supreme Court· 2005-06-20· cited 1,891×
• Dennis Thurl Dowthitt v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-10-16· cited 319×
• Ott v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-10-21· cited 200×
• Day v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2009-04-27· cited 183×
• Max Alexander Soffar v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-04-21· cited 81×
• Michael Bigelow v. Jesse Williams, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 2004-05-10· cited 75×
• Kathy Yolande Miller v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-07-28· cited 58×
• Coble v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-08-14· cited 45×
• Smith v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-08-18· cited 27×
• Skinner v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-05-14· cited 24×
• Draughon v. Dretke
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-09-30· cited 16×