Zink 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 prosecutors may discuss the concept of mercy because “mercy is a valid sentencing consideration”
• holding that trial counsel is not ineffective for failing to make a nonmeritorious objection
• holding that trial counsel is not ineffective for failing to make a nonmeritorious objection
• noting that when “personality disorders do not affect cognitive abilities, their mitigating value is doubtful”
• recognizing the “near-complete deference” afforded to trial counsel’s decisions that are “strategic in nature”
• noting counsel’s strategic trial decisions only may serve as a basis for ineffective assistance of counsel 9 if they are unreasonable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2013-07-16· cited 155×
• McLaughlin v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2012-07-03· cited 143×
• Walter Barton v. State of Missouri
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2014-05-13· cited 116×
• S.M. v. E.M.B.R.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2011-01-25· cited 105×
• Richard D. Davis v. State of Missouri
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2016-04-05· cited 98×
• Vaca v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2010-06-15· cited 72×
• Louis Edward Mallow v. State of Missouri
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2014-08-19· cited 69×
• State v. Tisius
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2012-03-06· cited 65×
• State v. Dixon
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2011-05-06· cited 64×
• Watson v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2017-05-02· cited 61×
• McIntosh v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2013-11-26· cited 59×
• John Childers v. State of Missouri
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2015-06-02· cited 58×
• Anderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2018-11-20· cited 58×
• State of Missouri v. Jesse Driskill
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2015-03-31· cited 55×
• Edward L. Hoeber v. State of Missouri
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2016-05-03· cited 55×
• McFadden v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2018-07-17· cited 55×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2012-11-20· cited 50×
• BAUMRUK v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2012-04-17· cited 49×
• State v. Dorsey
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2010-07-16· cited 41×
• Grado v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2018-09-25· cited 38×

Cites

56 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×
• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• Crawford v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
• Ring v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 4,683×
• Davis v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2006-06-19· cited 4,179×
• Dusky v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1960-04-18· cited 3,197×
• Tennard v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 1,965×
• Deck v. Missouri
  Supreme Court· 2005-05-23· cited 1,034×
• United States v. Marvin Baker
  Eleventh Circuit· 2005-12-13· cited 540×
• State v. Tokar
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1996-03-26· cited 285×
• State v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1995-07-25· cited 277×
• State v. Forrest
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2006-01-10· cited 259×
• Worthington v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2005-05-31· cited 246×
• State v. Rousan
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1998-01-27· cited 239×
• State v. Edwards
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2003-08-26· cited 232×
• State v. Parker
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1994-11-22· cited 231×
• Anderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2006-06-30· cited 195×
• State v. Kinder
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1996-12-17· cited 146×
• State v. Clemons
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1997-05-27· cited 125×

Other cases named Zink v. State

7 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Zink v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2007-12-05· cited 13×
• Zink v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-04-18· cited 9×
• Zink v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-03-02· cited 7×
• Zink v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-11-29· cited 5×
• Zink v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1968-05-13· cited 2×
• Zink v. State
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2007-02-23· cited 1×
• Zink v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-04-18