7 Maryland opinions name it 2 courts 1971–2019 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Maryland courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Roberson v. Stategreen1 sentence1989See Roberson v. State, 741 S.W.2d 563 (Tex.App.1987) (no right to appointed counsel of choice, and no harm shown by court’s denial of counsel’s motion to withdraw where “attorney provided competent representation and a vigorous defense”). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Maryland. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Smith v. Murray
green
2 sentences2019This process of "winnowing out weaker arguments on appeal and focusing on" those more likely to prevail, far from being evidence of incompetence, is the hallmark of effective appellate advocacy. 477 U.S. at 535 -36 , 106 S.Ct. 2661 (emphasis supplied). 2019This process of "winnowing out weaker arguments on appeal and focusing on" those more likely to prevail, far from being evidence of incompetence, is the hallmark of effective appellate advocacy. 477 U.S. at 535 -36 , 106 S.Ct. 2661 (emphasis supplied). | 3 | 2000–2019 |
Harrington v. Richter
green
2 sentences2018What we do not know is why trial counsel did not contact Ms. McClain, whether she decided not to for the reasons proffered by the State, or if there were other reasons that led counsel to conclude that it was not necessary to further investigate Ms. McClain's public library alibi. 13 *931 *306 Under these circumstances, Syed has failed to satisfy Strickland's "high bar," Harrington , 562 U.S. at 105 , 131 S.Ct. 770 . 2018What we do not know is why trial counsel did not contact Ms. McClain, whether she decided not to for the reasons proffered by the State, or if there were other reasons that led counsel to conclude that it was not necessary to further investigate Ms. McClain's public library alibi. 13 *931 *306 Under these circumstances, Syed has failed to satisfy Strickland's "high bar," Harrington , 562 U.S. at 105 , 131 S.Ct. 770 . | 1 | 2018–2018 |
State v. Merchant
green
1 sentence1972State v. Merchant, 10 Md. | 1 | 1972–1972 |
Minersville School District v. Gobitis
red
2 sentences1971The Chief Justice’s most telling point was that the freedoms of religion and speech presuppose an even more basic constitutional value: “freedom of the human mind and spirit,” which no balancing test could ever diminish and which “must be deemed to withhold from the state any authority to compel belief or the expression of it . . . .” Id. 604 . 1971The Chief Justice's most telling point was that the freedoms of religion and speech presuppose an even more basic constitutional value: "freedom of the human mind and spirit," which no balancing test could ever diminish and which "must be deemed to withhold from the state any authority to compel belief or the expression of it...." Id. 604 . | 1 | 1971–1971 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.