Swan v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that post-conviction courts may make credibility determinations and according “deference” to finding that post-conviction defendant’s version of events was “not credible” in light of the record
• observing that Strickland requires that an inmate make both showings – deficient performance and prejudice – and “‘[i]f it is easier to dispose of an ineffectiveness claim on the ground of lack of sufficient prejudice . . . that course should be followed.’”
• beginning a Strickland analysis with the test's prejudice prong

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ploof v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-06-04· cited 208×
• Neal v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-11-08· cited 102×
• Hoskins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-09-22· cited 89×
• Wheeler v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-03-02· cited 84×
• Rauf v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-08-02· cited 70×
• People v. McDaniel
  California Supreme Court· 2021-08-26· cited 59×
• State v. Reyes
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-01-19· cited 45×
• Ploof v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-10-30· cited 44×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2011-10-25· cited 42×
• Sykes v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-01-30· cited 26×
• Bradley v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-09-06· cited 22×
• Cabrera v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-07-31· cited 18×
• PANUSKI v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-03-30· cited 11×
• Norcross v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2011-12-21· cited 10×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-01-29· cited 6×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-01-30· cited 4×
• Swan v. Coupe
  D. Delaware· 2013-09-04· cited 4×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-04-08· cited 2×
• Dale v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-01-31· cited 2×
• Drummond v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-09-06· cited 1×

Cites

49 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×
• Williams v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 2000-04-18· cited 15,929×
• Crawford v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
• Harrington v. Richter
  Supreme Court· 2011-01-19· cited 13,244×
• Murray v. Carrier
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 7,499×
• Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Ring v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 4,683×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Herrera v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-25· cited 3,060×
• Michel v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1956-01-23· cited 2,788×
• Bourjaily v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-23· cited 2,639×
• Rompilla v. Beard
  Supreme Court· 2005-06-20· cited 1,891×
• Adams v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 1,718×
• Lockhart v. McCree
  Supreme Court· 1986-05-05· cited 1,649×
• Walton v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1990-08-30· cited 1,614×
• Morgan v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-15· cited 1,584×
• Affronti v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1955-12-05· cited 1,308×
• Kuhlmann v. Wilson
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 1,205×
• Lilly v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-14· cited 1,183×