Walker v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Even if a defendant absconds prior to trial, the right to effective assistance of counsel is not waived automatically.”
• “Even if a defendant absconds prior to trial, the right to effective assistance of counsel is not waived automatically.”
• “Even if a defendant absconds prior to trial, the right to effective assistance of counsel is not waived automatically.”
• “Strategic decisions must nonetheless be supported by reasonable professional judgment.”
• noting the presumed prejudice situations described in Cronic

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Unger v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-05-24· cited 52×
• State v. Borchardt
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-01-12· cited 26×
• Alston v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2007-10-03· cited 19×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2007-06-04· cited 15×
• In re R.K.S.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2006-08-03· cited 10×
• Polk v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2017-11-14· cited 8×
• In Re Adoption/Guardianship of Chaden M.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-12-01· cited 7×
• Turner v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-04-29· cited 6×
• Clark v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2023-08-31· cited 6×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-02-25· cited 2×
• In Re RKS
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2006-08-03· cited 2×
• Wallace v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2021-08-16· cited 2×
• Shortall v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2018-04-26· cited 1×
• State v. Lambert
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2022-06-30
• State v. Clark
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2022-07-28
• Clark v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2023-09-12
• State v. Brand
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-03-31

Cites

37 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×
• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Gideon v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 8,419×
• United States v. Cronic
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-14· cited 6,497×
• Powell v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1932-11-07· cited 4,979×
• Bell v. Cone
  Supreme Court· 2002-05-28· cited 4,309×
• Florida v. Nixon
  Supreme Court· 2004-12-13· cited 963×
• Texas v. Cobb
  Supreme Court· 2001-04-17· cited 503×
• Nazzaro Scarpa v. Larry E. Dubois, Etc.
  First Circuit· 1994-10-18· cited 374×
• United States v. Brent Paul Swanson
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-08-27· cited 328×
• Crosby v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-13· cited 239×
• Schowgurow v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1965-10-11· cited 239×
• Burdine v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-08-30· cited 178×
• Kim Moss v. Gerald Hofbauer
  Sixth Circuit· 2002-04-12· cited 174×
• Eddie G. Javor v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-01-26· cited 124×
• Marvin Martin v. James H. Rose William Leech
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-10-04· cited 124×
• United States v. Ramon Sanchez
  Second Circuit· 1986-05-12· cited 110×
• Stevenson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-12-17· cited 109×
• State v. Davlin
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2003-03-07· cited 106×
• Dale Tippins v. Hans Walker, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility
  Second Circuit· 1996-03-07· cited 101×