United States v. Robert E. Tucker

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, in complex fraud case, “it should have been obvious to a competent lawyer that the assistance of an accountant [was] necessary.”
• holding that “the totality of counsel’s errors and omissions” may support a finding of unfairness and prejudice
• holding that the failure to interview or to attempt to interview key prosecution witnesses constitutes deficient performance
• stating when pretrial investigation and preparation is inadequate, the record is necessarily incomplete as to extent of prejudice
• stating that some “defense away from that location in a strategies may be so ill-chosen that they deserted area, opened the m a y r e n d e r c o u n s e l ’ s o v e r al l trunk and [the victim] was representation constitutionally deficient”
• prosecutor emphasized in his closing argument that no witnesses corroborated defendant’s version of events

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Turner v. Duncan
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-10-08· cited 2,412×
• In Re Davis
  Washington Supreme Court· 2004-11-04· cited 686×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Davis
  Washington Supreme Court· 2004-11-04· cited 682×
• Hendricks v. Calderon
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-09-01· cited 313×
• George Lindstadt v. John P. Keane, Superintendent
  Second Circuit· 2001-01-04· cited 288×
• Benjamin Wai Silva v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, San Quentin State Prison
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-02-22· cited 284×
• United States v. John Waldo Birges, Sr., Terry Lee Hall
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-01-10· cited 199×
• Kenneth G. Pavel v. Melvin L. Hollins, Superintendent, Oneida Correctional Facility Eliot L. Spitzer, Attorney General of New York State
  Second Circuit· 2001-07-25· cited 166×
• Victor Eugene Rios v. Teresa Rocha, Warden
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-07-31· cited 164×
• United States v. Rhynes
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-10-26· cited 160×
• Aaron Reynoso v. George J. Giurbino, Warden
  Ninth Circuit· 2006-09-06· cited 158×
• United States v. Barbara Mouzin, United States of America v. Alfonso Carvajal
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-03-18· cited 143×
• Daniels v. Woodford
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-11-02· cited 139×
• Goodwin R. Brodit v. Steven J. Cambra, Jr., Warden
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-11-26· cited 134×
• Eddie G. Javor v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-01-26· cited 124×
• Warren Wesley Summerlin v. Dora B. Schriro, Director of Arizona Department of Corrections
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-10-17· cited 121×
• Michael Crisp v. Jack R. Duckworth, Warden
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-09-14· cited 112×
• Correll v. Ryan
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-05-14· cited 100×
• United States v. Larry Weaver and Mark Schmanke, United States of America v. Everett Decker, Jerald Jessup and Michael Bailey
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-09-08· cited 90×
• Dugas v. Coplan
  First Circuit· 2005-10-31· cited 86×

Cites

66 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Davis v. Alaska
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
• Cuyler v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 5,389×
• Powell v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1932-11-07· cited 4,979×
• Fahy v. Connecticut
  Supreme Court· 1963-12-02· cited 1,743×
• Millard Robert Beasley v. United States
  Sixth Circuit· 1974-02-01· cited 536×
• United States v. Willie Decoster, Jr.
  D.C. Circuit· 1973-12-27· cited 525×
• Gratton Earl Moore v. United States
  Third Circuit· 1970-09-24· cited 344×
• Marcus T. Baumann v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-10-27· cited 284×
• Troy Cooper v. C. J. Fitzharris
  Ninth Circuit· 1978-12-01· cited 276×
• Roger Lee McQueen v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden
  Eighth Circuit· 1974-07-18· cited 240×
• United States v. Patricia Campbell Hearst
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-01-15· cited 239×
• Local 862, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Ford Motor Co.
  Supreme Court· 1976-05-24· cited 239×
• Washington v. Strickland
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-12-23· cited 204×
• Alfred Coles v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
  Fourth Circuit· 1968-01-08· cited 169×
• Ivon Ray Stanley v. Walter D. Zant, Warden Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Defendant
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-05-03· cited 156×
• United States v. Alex J. Raineri
  Seventh Circuit· 1982-03-24· cited 140×
• Terry Lee Goodwin v. Charles Balkcom, Warden
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-09-03· cited 139×
• United States v. Gloria Aulet
  Second Circuit· 1980-03-10· cited 128×
• Willie Lee Hudson v. Ruth L. Rushen, Director of the California Department of Corrections
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-09-09· cited 106×