65 Cited authorities

  1. Strickland v. Washington

    466 U.S. 668 (1984)   Cited 158,593 times   176 Legal Analyses
    Holding 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"
  2. United States v. Jones

    565 U.S. 400 (2012)   Cited 1,857 times   109 Legal Analyses
    Holding that installation of a tracking device was "a physical intrusion would have been considered a ‘search’ within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment when it was adopted"
  3. State v. Danielson

    2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 9814 (N.Y. 2007)   Cited 9,448 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "legally sufficient verdict can be against the weight of the evidence"
  4. Griffith v. Kentucky

    479 U.S. 314 (1987)   Cited 3,328 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that on direct review, a new constitutional rule must be applied retroactively "to all cases, state or federal"
  5. Ake v. Oklahoma

    470 U.S. 68 (1985)   Cited 3,049 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding that when the State presents aggravating psychiatric evidence during a capital sentencing proceeding, the defendant has a due process right to the assistance of a psychiatrist
  6. Washington v. Texas

    388 U.S. 14 (1967)   Cited 3,342 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute that categorically barred accomplices from testifying for a defendant on trial for the same crime "cannot ... be defended"
  7. People v. Benevento

    91 N.Y.2d 708 (N.Y. 1998)   Cited 4,212 times   2 Legal Analyses
    In People v Benevento, 91 NY2d 708, 713-14 (1998), the New York Court of Appeals held that "meaningful representation" included a prejudice component which focuses on the "fairness of the process as a whole rather than [any] particular impact on the outcome of the case."
  8. People v. Baldi

    54 N.Y.2d 137 (N.Y. 1981)   Cited 5,974 times   6 Legal Analyses
    In Baldi, the New York State Court of Appeals expressly applied the right to effective assistance of counsel guaranteed by the federal Constitution.
  9. People v. Turner

    2005 N.Y. Slip Op. 8766 (N.Y. 2005)   Cited 523 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Finding appellate counsel ineffective for not raising ineffectiveness of trial counsel on appeal
  10. U.S. v. Quintieri

    306 F.3d 1217 (2d Cir. 2002)   Cited 470 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the district judge did not err, much less plainly err, by resentencing the defendant without an updated PSR in part because "[t]he defendant submitted a detailed letter updating the court on his conduct while incarcerated [a]nd the court provided the defendant, as well as his counsel, an opportunity to speak at the resentencing hearing"