Williams v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding there is prejudice when but for counsel's error, there is a reasonable probability that the outcome of the proceeding would have been different
• finding this Court will uphold the PCR judge’s findings if there is any evidence of probative value in the record to support them
• stating the first prong of the Strickland test requires the applicant to prove “counsel’s representation fell below an objective standard of reasonableness” (citing Strickland, 466 U.S. at 688, 104 S.Ct. at 2064, 80 L.Ed.2d at 693)
• where there is no evidence to support finding of prejudice, grant of PCR is reversed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Smalls v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2018-02-07· cited 93×
• Jamison v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2014-10-22· cited 29×
• Simpson v. Moore
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2006-02-13· cited 18×
• Briggs v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2017-10-25· cited 17×
• Stone v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2017-03-29· cited 9×
• Williams v. Ozmint
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2008-12-22· cited 8×
• Winkler v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2016-11-23· cited 4×
• Buckson v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2018-05-23· cited 3×
• Stone v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2017-02-08
• Chappell v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2019-12-11
• Robin G. Reese v. State
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2023-09-06

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• State v. Williams
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1996-03-18· cited 54×
• Southerland v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1999-12-13· cited 24×
• Sellers v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2005-01-04· cited 21×