State v. Sterling

How courts have described this case

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

• holding prejudice is presumed when an actual conflict adversely affects pretrial strategies as well as the defense at trial
• noting a defendant suffered a Sixth Amendment violation when counsel acted under a conflict of interest from the pre-indictment stage until the conclusion of the defendant’s trial
• “Accordingly, we hold that Respondent suffered no Sixth Amendment violation of his right to counsel and that Respondent failed to show he was otherwise prejudiced by [counsel’s] representation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lomax v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-07-28· cited 28×
• Gonzales v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2015-05-13· cited 1×
• State v. Kramer
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2018-01-10

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Cuyler v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 5,389×
• Mickens v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 2002-03-27· cited 1,451×
• Michigan v. Jackson
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-01· cited 1,418×
• State v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-04-23· cited 334×
• United States v. Gordon R. Tatum, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-08-14· cited 186×
• State v. Council
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-04-05· cited 157×
• State v. Freiburger
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2005-09-26· cited 89×
• John R. Hoffman v. William D. Leeke, Commissioner
  Fourth Circuit· 1990-05-09· cited 57×
• State v. McKnight
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-10-22· cited 30×
• State v. Gregory
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2005-04-18· cited 15×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-08-13· cited 13×
• Staggs v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2007-04-02· cited 7×
• Fuller v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-12-17· cited 4×