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 that “while each error of counsel individually may not be sufficient to prove ineffective representation, an accumulation of such failures may amount to ineffective assistance”
• counsel’s complete lack of trial preparation and failure to present any evidence to support alibi defense merited reversal for new trial
• “[W]hile each error of counsel individually may not be sufficient to prove ineffective representation, an accumulation of such failures may amount to ineffective assistance.”
• “It is the compilation of errors and omissions by counsel which creates the necessity for reversal in this case.”
• “counsel’s failure to present exculpatory evidence may not constitute ineffective assistance where that evidence is introduced to the jury through other witnesses”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Weatherford v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1993-08-31· cited 251×
• French v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2002-11-22· cited 246×
• Spranger v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-05-24· cited 140×
• Roche v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-12-30· cited 125×
• Conner v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-05-25· cited 123×
• Canaan v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-06-23· cited 120×
• Schiro v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-02-08· cited 84×
• Miller v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-12-08· cited 76×
• Douglas v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-04-24· cited 68×
• Smith v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1990-03-07· cited 66×
• Coleman v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-04-24· cited 66×
• Ian McCullough v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-08-27· cited 57×
• Burris v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1990-08-24· cited 54×
• Hunter v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-09-20· cited 53×
• Pennycuff v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-04-18· cited 41×
• Fisher v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-12-28· cited 35×
• Propes v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1990-03-08· cited 35×
• Lee v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-05-06· cited 33×
• Shaffer v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1996-11-27· cited 33×
• Berry v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1990-10-31· cited 32×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• United States of America Ex Rel. Countee Williams v. John J. Twomey, Warden
  Seventh Circuit· 1975-03-24· cited 221×
• Magley v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1975-10-21· cited 140×
• Terry v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1984-07-09· cited 138×
• Lawrence v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1984-07-02· cited 96×
• Lowe v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1983-11-23· cited 75×
• Thomas v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1969-01-08· cited 71×
• Crisp v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1979-09-11· cited 59×
• Smith v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1979-11-28· cited 58×
• Mato v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1985-05-28· cited 45×
• Foster v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1974-12-20· cited 32×
• Sotelo v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1980-08-21· cited 29×
• Sweet v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1954-03-04· cited 28×
• Roberts v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1981-04-27· cited 26×
• Williams v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1981-04-16· cited 18×
• Bennett v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1984-11-30· cited 12×
• Battles v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1985-12-26· cited 6×
• Shull v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1981-03-17· cited 4×
• Williams v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1984-01-18· cited 4×