State v. Lewis

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that \the obligation to investigate and prepare for the penalty portion of a capital case cannot be overstated\
• requiring a new penalty phase where trial counsel failed to investigate mitigation evidence prior to trial, resulting in his client waiving the presentation of mitigation altogether
• \[T]he obligation to investigate and prepare for the penalty portion of a capital case cannot be overstated — this is an integral part of a capital case.\
• “[T]he obligation to investigate and prepare for the penalty portion of a capital case cannot be overstated—this is an integral part of a capital case.”
• “[T]he obligation to investigate and prepare for the penalty portion of a capital case cannot be overstated—this is an integral part of a capital case.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Hand
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2006-01-18· cited 252×
• Sochor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-07-08· cited 228×
• Coday v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-10-26· cited 94×
• Hodges v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-10-14· cited 82×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-10-20· cited 69×
• Ferrell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-01-14· cited 64×
• Mungin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-04-06· cited 64×
• Lynch v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-01-30· cited 62×
• Mordenti v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-12-16· cited 54×
• Rhodes v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-07-03· cited 53×
• Hannon v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-08-31· cited 52×
• Windom v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-05-06· cited 52×
• Jennings v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-06-27· cited 51×
• Lott v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-04-13· cited 47×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-12-02· cited 40×
• Bell v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-06-07· cited 37×
• Orme v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-02-24· cited 37×
• Gonzalez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-07-03· cited 36×
• Power v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-05-06· cited 34×
• Grim v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-10-04· cited 33×

Cites

27 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×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• Strickler v. Greene
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 4,383×
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
  Supreme Court· 1987-02-24· cited 2,521×
• Huff v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-07-01· cited 322×
• Rutherford v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-10-12· cited 256×
• Omar Blanco, Cross-Appellant v. Harry K. Singletary, as Secretary, Department of Corrections, State of Florida, Cross-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-09-30· cited 193×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-01-18· cited 152×
• Way v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-04-20· cited 143×
• Rose v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1996-03-07· cited 121×
• Heath v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-10-20· cited 104×
• Koon v. Dugger
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-03-25· cited 104×
• Bruno v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-12-06· cited 103×
• Harris v. Dugger
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-05-16· cited 95×
• Downs v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-09-26· cited 69×
• Valle v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-01-18· cited 36×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-12-24· cited 35×
• Deaton v. Dugger
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-10-07· cited 24×
• Nelms v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-03-12· cited 21×