State v. Rivera

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that an “election between inconsistent defenses was a legitimate exercise of trial strategy rather than ineffective assistance of counsel”

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Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Cesspooch
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2024-02-08· cited 17×
• State v. King
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2024-10-24· cited 15×
• State v. Draper
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2024-10-24· cited 11×
• State v. Florreich
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2024-01-19· cited 9×
• State v. Whitchurch
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2024-08-01· cited 7×
• State v. Cortez-Izarraraz
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2025-07-25· cited 6×
• State v. Repsher
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2025-04-10· cited 4×
• State v. Jimenez
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2025-05-22· cited 3×
• State v. James
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2026-02-12· cited 2×
• State v. Rodriguez
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2025-05-30· cited 1×
• State v. McDaniel
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2025-08-07· cited 1×
• State v. Rynhart
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2025-10-17· cited 1×
• Cedar City v. Braget
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2025-03-13
• State v. Hovinghoff
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2025-07-10
• State v. Vine
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2025-10-17
• State v. Gaines
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2026-03-26
• State v. Durfee
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2026-03-26
• State v. Allen
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2026-04-02
• State v. Meguerditchian
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2026-05-07

Cites

24 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×
• Burt v. Titlow
  Supreme Court· 2013-11-05· cited 2,081×
• State v. Johnson
  Utah Supreme Court· 2017-11-14· cited 251×
• State v. Ray
  Utah Supreme Court· 2020-03-09· cited 117×
• Archuleta v. Galetka
  Utah Supreme Court· 2011-11-22· cited 116×
• Honie v. State
  Utah Supreme Court· 2014-05-30· cited 76×
• State v. Rasabout
  Utah Supreme Court· 2015-08-14· cited 75×
• Fernandez v. Cook
  Utah Supreme Court· 1993-07-12· cited 48×
• State v. Arguelles
  Utah Supreme Court· 1996-07-12· cited 44×
• State v. Wright
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2013-06-20· cited 42×
• State v. Pascual
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1991-01-11· cited 23×
• State v. Makaya
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2020-11-05· cited 22×
• State v. Dozah
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2016-01-22· cited 20×
• State v. PRION
  Utah Supreme Court· 2012-03-20· cited 18×
• State v. James
  Utah Supreme Court· 1981-05-19· cited 17×
• State v. Mane
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1989-11-14· cited 17×
• State v. Calvert
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2017-11-16· cited 17×
• State v. Drommond
  Utah Supreme Court· 2020-07-17· cited 12×
• State v. Franco
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2012-07-19· cited 11×
• State v. Selzer
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2013-01-04· cited 10×