92 Cited authorities

  1. Strickland v. Washington

    466 U.S. 668 (1984)   Cited 158,426 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. Illinois v. Wardlow

    528 U.S. 119 (2000)   Cited 5,069 times   32 Legal Analyses
    Holding "refusal to cooperate, without more, does not furnish the minimal level of objective justification needed for a detention or seizure." (quoting Florida v. Bostick, 501 U.S. 429, 437 (1991))
  3. Brady v. Maryland

    373 U.S. 83 (1963)   Cited 43,196 times   133 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the prosecution violates due process when it suppresses material, favorable evidence
  4. Gray v. Netherland

    518 U.S. 152 (1996)   Cited 4,060 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that procedural default is not implicated for an unexhausted claim until it is established that further resort to state law would be futile, and it is clear that state law would procedurally bar the claims
  5. Kimmelman v. Morrison

    477 U.S. 365 (1986)   Cited 5,796 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, if trial counsel's failure to litigate a constitutional claim competently "is the principal allegation of ineffectiveness," petitioner must also prove that the underlying constitutional claim is meritorious
  6. Navarette v. California

    572 U.S. 393 (2014)   Cited 1,397 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a motorist's 911 emergency call provided reasonable suspicion of an ongoing crime
  7. Florida v. J. L.

    529 U.S. 266 (2000)   Cited 2,228 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding an anonymous tip that a young black man in a plaid shirt was carrying a gun insufficient to create reasonable suspicion
  8. People v. Stultz

    2 N.Y.3d 277 (N.Y. 2004)   Cited 3,227 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding "a defendant's showing of prejudice [to be] a significant but not indispensable element in assessing meaningful representation," focusing instead on "the fairness of the proceedings as a whole"
  9. People v. Benevento

    91 N.Y.2d 708 (N.Y. 1998)   Cited 4,211 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."
  10. United States v. Mechanik

    475 U.S. 66 (1986)   Cited 1,263 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the petit jury's verdict rendered harmless any [Rule 6(d)] error in the [grand jury's] charging decision"