Whitmore v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• counsel cannot be ineffective for failing to raise an argument that this court has already rejected
• no hearing warranted based upon bald statements of history of psychiatric treatment, alcoholism, and dysfunctional family, where defendant offered no details of what witnesses could have testified to and how outcome would have been different
• forgery conviction was admissible under Arkansas Rule of Evidence 609

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-24· cited 2,590×
• Jonas H. Whitmore v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
  Eighth Circuit· 1993-12-13· cited 85×
• Abdullah v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1990-01-29· cited 62×
• Bradford v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2003-01-09· cited 56×
• Coulter v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1991-02-18· cited 44×
• State v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1989-12-12· cited 38×
• Weaver v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-11-04· cited 30×
• Muhammed Dawan v. A.L. Lockhart
  Eighth Circuit· 1992-12-02· cited 29×
• Nance v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-11-18· cited 28×
• Watson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2014-05-08· cited 28×
• Hickey v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2013-05-30· cited 27×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1990-02-20· cited 25×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1993-10-04· cited 24×
• Whitmore v. Gaines
  Eighth Circuit· 1994-05-10· cited 22×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1990-03-12· cited 17×
• Thornton v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2014-03-13· cited 17×
• Maulding v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1989-09-11· cited 16×
• State v. Tipton
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1989-10-30· cited 14×
• McDaniels v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2014-04-24· cited 13×
• Whitmore v. Lockhart
  E.D. Arkansas· 1992-09-22· cited 10×

Cites

28 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×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Pennsylvania v. Finley
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-18· cited 3,807×
• Lowenfield v. Phelps
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-07· cited 1,385×
• Rees v. Peyton
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-06· cited 281×
• Whitlow v. Hodges
  Supreme Court· 1976-12-13· cited 253×
• Gilmore v. Utah
  Supreme Court· 1976-12-13· cited 198×
• Carl Albert Collins v. A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction
  Eighth Circuit· 1985-04-24· cited 165×
• Fretwell v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1986-05-19· cited 74×
• Clines v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-07-05· cited 62×
• Ruiz v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1981-06-08· cited 46×
• Neff v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1985-09-30· cited 43×
• Griffin v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1984-02-21· cited 43×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-01-17· cited 41×
• Travis v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1985-05-06· cited 38×
• Swindler v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1981-04-20· cited 38×
• Hayes v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-11-02· cited 37×
• Starr v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1988-11-07· cited 35×
• Pruett v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1985-10-07· cited 32×
• O'ROURKE v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1988-03-14· cited 30×