Vickers v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “matters of trial tactics and strategy, which can be matters of endless debate by experienced advocates, are not grounds for post-conviction relief”
• counsel cannot be declared ineffective for failing to present a defense theory entirely inconsistent with defendant’s denial of committing the crime
• \[M]atters of trial tactics and strategy ... are not grounds for post-conviction relief.\
• “[Mjatters of trial tactics and strategy ... are not grounds for post-conviction relief.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Pyle v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-01-13· cited 66×
• Flores v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2002-10-03· cited 47×
• State v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1995-07-17· cited 40×
• Lee v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2001-02-22· cited 39×
• State v. Adams
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2008-10-15· cited 38×
• Collins v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1996-05-06· cited 35×
• Weaver v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-11-04· cited 30×
• Cothren v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2001-05-10· cited 29×
• Wicoff v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1995-06-19· cited 28×
• Helton v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1996-06-24· cited 25×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-02-10· cited 24×
• State v. Slocum
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1998-03-12· cited 13×
• White v. Delano
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1984-02-03· cited 8×
• Tyler Edward Tait v. State of Arkansas
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2026-02-12· cited 3×
• Anthony Baumann v. State of Arkansas
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2021-02-10· cited 2×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Wainwright v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-01-13· cited 52×
• Vickers v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1993-05-03· cited 46×
• Jeffers v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-10-24· cited 20×
• Pettit v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1988-10-10· cited 17×
• Pogue v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1994-03-21· cited 17×
• Monts v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1993-04-19· cited 16×
• Burnett v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-07-06· cited 12×