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.

• concluding that counsel was not ineffective for failing to file a motion where there was no legally sufficient basis for doing so
• holding counsel was not ineffective for failing to seek the disqualification of the trial judge where counsel felt that he did not have a good-faith basis for filing a disqualification motion
• holding counsel was not ineffective for failing to seek the disqualification of the trial judge where counsel felt that he did not have a good-faith basis for filing a disqualification motion
• applying Rule 26, Ala. R. Civ. P., when determining whether nonparty subpoena should be quashed or modified for exceeding scope of discovery
• vacating Williams’ death sentence after finding that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to present mitigation that would have precluded the jury override to the judge
• “Nothing in this decision should be construed to prohibit the trial court from considering the imposition of consecutive sentences for the various crimes and convictions involved.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bradley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-04-22· cited 82×
• Muehleman v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-02-19· cited 32×
• Gore v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-12-10· cited 27×
• Duest v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-02-19· cited 19×
• Coleman v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-06-02· cited 16×
• State v. Robinson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2012-10-03· cited 14×
• Roberts v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-03-20· cited 12×
• & SC16-6 John Lee Hampton v. State of Florida and John Lee Hampton v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2017-05-04· cited 7×
• Grim v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2018-03-29· cited 7×
• Ardis v. Ardis
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-02-04· cited 5×
• Robinson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-07-12· cited 5×
• Norman M Grim v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2018-03-29
• Jarrod Roberts v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2020-09-11
• Dontae R. Morris v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2021-04-08
• Ex parte Gene Warhurst, Jr., P.C. PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (In re: Tenley Fullington Warhurst v. Ernest Eugene Warhurst, Jr.) (Baldwin Circuit Court: DR-20-901162)
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2024-04-26

Cites

38 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×
• Ring v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 4,683×
• Engle v. Isaac
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-21· cited 3,714×
• Michel v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1956-01-23· cited 2,788×
• Affronti v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1955-12-05· cited 1,308×
• Spencer v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-03-18· cited 539×
• Tedder v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1975-11-19· cited 480×
• Occhicone v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-06-29· cited 321×
• Sochor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-07-08· cited 228×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-02-03· cited 222×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-04-28· cited 124×
• Asay v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-10-26· cited 117×
• Porter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-05-03· cited 108×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-05-20· cited 96×
• Torres-Arboleda v. Dugger
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1994-04-21· cited 93×
• State v. Marshall
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-08-30· cited 78×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-04-09· cited 73×
• Rivera v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-06-11· cited 68×
• Jacobs v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-03-26· cited 60×
• Coleman v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-12-24· cited 47×