Williams v. Collins

How courts have described this case

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

• counsel not ineffective for making a “knowing, strategic decision” to refrain from presenting evidence that would elicit damaging rebuttal testimony

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Cited by

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

• Kirksey v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-08-16· cited 377×
• Valdez v. Cockrell
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-12-03· cited 337×
• United States v. Bruce Carneil Webster, A/K/A B-Love
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-01-29· cited 254×
• Ploof v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-06-04· cited 208×
• Amos v. Scott
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-08-08· cited 194×
• United States v. Manuel Flores, United States of America v. Juan Raul Garza
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-09-01· cited 185×
• United States v. Kenneth Karl Kimler
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-02-11· cited 185×
• Hale v. Gibson
  Tenth Circuit· 2000-09-25· cited 163×
• Bryant v. Scott
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-08-17· cited 154×
• Williams v. Cain
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-10-17· cited 131×
• Commonwealth v. Uderra
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-21· cited 127×
• Faulder v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-04-10· cited 112×
• Little v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-12-10· cited 103×
• Hughes v. Dretke
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-06-13· cited 89×
• Boyle v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-08-16· cited 86×
• Bell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-05-20· cited 64×
• Willie W. Nickel v. Robert D. Hannigan, Warden, Hutchinson Correctional Facility, and Attorney General of Kansas
  Tenth Circuit· 1996-09-30· cited 49×
• Max Weisberg v. State of Minnesota
  Eighth Circuit· 1994-08-30· cited 48×
• Cordova v. Johnson
  W.D. Texas· 1998-02-04· cited 16×
• Christopher Joseph Salazar v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-10-04· cited 13×

Cites

34 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×
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-19· cited 11,658×
• Teague v. Lane
  Supreme Court· 1989-04-17· cited 6,602×
• Stone v. Powell
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-04· cited 4,303×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Leslie Wayne Yohey v. James A. Collins, Director Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-03-08· cited 3,536×
• Ake v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-26· cited 3,332×
• Sumner v. Mata
  Supreme Court· 1981-01-21· cited 2,073×
• Ross v. Moffitt
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-17· cited 1,488×
• Johnson v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1993-08-09· cited 750×
• Graham v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-25· cited 630×
• Sireci v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 144×
• Harold Amos Barnard, Jr. v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-05-22· cited 121×
• Jerry Carlo Moreno v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, and Jim Mattox, Attorney General of the State of Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-10-14· cited 108×
• Barnard v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-11· cited 89×
• Waymon Spriggs, Jr. v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-07-29· cited 87×
• Enoch F. McQueen Jr. v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-03-28· cited 82×
• Chester Lee Wicker v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-02-18· cited 78×
• Warren Eugene Bridge v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-03-17· cited 74×
• Hill v. McKaskle
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-14· cited 67×

Other cases named Williams v. Collins

27 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Williams v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1993-05-17· cited 34×
• Williams v. Collins
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1979-10-01· cited 7×
• Williams v. Collins
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1914-05-18· cited 4×
• Williams v. Collins
  W.D. Texas· 1992-09-30· cited 2×
• Williams v. Collins
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-03-18· cited 1×
• Williams v. Collins
  Federal Circuit· 2025-03-19· cited 1×
• Williams v. Collins
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-04-28
• Williams v. Collins
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-03-14
• Williams v. Collins
  Fourth Circuit· 1985-02-04
• Williams v. Collins
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-05-25
• Williams v. Collins
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-08-09
• Williams v. Collins
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-04-01
• Williams v. Collins
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-09-08
• Williams v. Collins
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-11-13
• Williams v. Collins
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-12-02
• Williams v. Collins
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-08-20
• Williams v. Collins
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-10-17
• Williams v. Collins
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1816-07-15
• Williams v. Collins
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-01-28
• Williams v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1991-01-07
• Williams v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1991-01-07
• Williams v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1991-04-15
• Williams v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1991-04-15
• Williams v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1993-04-05
• Williams v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1993-04-05
• Williams v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1993-05-17
• Williams v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1993-12-13