Strickland v. Washington
466 U.S. 668 (1984) Cited 158,620 times 176 Legal AnalysesHolding an "error by counsel" doesn't "warrant setting aside the judgment of a criminal proceeding" where in the context of the whole proceeding the identified error "had no effect on the judgment"
Cullen v. Pinholster
563 U.S. 170 (2011) Cited 14,334 times 12 Legal AnalysesHolding that petitioner failed to show prejudice due to the extensive evidence that the prosecution presented
Cornell v. Kirkpatrick
665 F.3d 369 (2d Cir. 2011) Cited 86 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that state's consistent statement to the district court that petitioner had exhausted his particular claim, meant that on appeal, state could not then argue that petitioner had failed to exhaust that claim
People v. Wesley
76 N.Y.2d 555 (N.Y. 1990) Cited 119 times 1 Legal AnalysesExplaining that "[e]vidence of a defendant's `circumstances' includes relevant knowledge that the defendant may have had about the victim, the physical attributes of all those involved in the incident, and any prior experiences that the defendant may have had" which may contribute to a reasonable understanding of the situation.