United States v. Precias Freeman

How courts have described this case

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

• waiving a meritorious objection or demonstrating ignorance of a point of law fundamental to a defendant’s case is evidence ineffective assistance
• “Thus, ‘strategic choices made after thorough investigation of law and facts relevant to plausible options are virtually unchallengeable.’”

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Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Nathaniel Powell
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-04-10· cited 1×
• United States v. Willie Slocum, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-07-01

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×
• Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
• Padilla v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 2010-03-31· cited 5,017×
• Massaro v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2003-04-23· cited 3,337×
• Lafler v. Cooper
  Supreme Court· 2012-03-21· cited 3,280×
• Roe v. Flores-Ortega
  Supreme Court· 2000-02-23· cited 2,810×
• Michel v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1956-01-23· cited 2,788×
• United States v. David Allen Hagen Defusco, (Two Cases)
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-11-22· cited 1,300×
• Molina-Martinez v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2016-04-20· cited 1,281×
• Hinton v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 2014-02-24· cited 534×
• United States v. Andre Cardell King, United States of America v. Chalmers Lavette Hendricks
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-07-24· cited 466×
• United States v. Benton
  Fourth Circuit· 2008-04-28· cited 354×
• United States v. Thomas Faulls, Sr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2016-05-05· cited 349×
• United States v. Erasto Gomez-Jimenez
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-04-24· cited 235×
• United States v. Floyd Stevens Hicks
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-11-21· cited 203×
• United States v. Charlene Hoyle, United States of America v. Cheryl McCullough Benton
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-09-01· cited 195×
• United States v. Ronald Richard Fisher
  Fourth Circuit· 1973-04-20· cited 133×
• United States v. Jolon Carthorne, Sr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-12-21· cited 111×
• United States v. Mirna Gomez
  Fourth Circuit· 2012-08-10· cited 109×
• United States v. Steven Robinson
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-02-21· cited 104×

Other cases named United States v. Precias Freeman

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• United States v. Precias Freeman
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-03-30· cited 3×
• United States v. Precias Freeman
  Fourth Circuit· 2022-01-25