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isolated error in District of Columbia

6 District of Columbia opinions name it 1 courts 1992–2025 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by District of Columbia 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.

Followed or applied (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Long v. United Statesgreen
dc · 2006 · cited in 1 District of Columbia opinions naming this issue, 2012–2012
1 sentence

2012It is my view that in this case, trial counsel, a highly competent attorney, nevertheless made a critical and prejudicial error by failing to introduce, or even to consider introducing, Plummer's first trial testimony, and that the trial judge erred in holding to the contrary. [5] The facts adduced at trial are set forth in greater detail in our opinion in Long I, 910 A.2d at 301-02, 310 , and I incorporate that recitation by reference. [6] At the second trial, after Baer had advised the presiding judge, Hon.

11
In Re E. David Harrisongreen
dc · 1986 · cited in 1 District of Columbia opinions naming this issue, 2006–2006
1 sentence

2006See, e.g., In re Miller, 553 A.2d 201, 205-06 (D.C.1989); In re Harrison, 511 A.2d 16, 19 (D.C.1986).

11
Matter of Millergreen
dc · 1989 · cited in 1 District of Columbia opinions naming this issue, 2006–2006
1 sentence

2006See, e.g., In re Miller, 553 A.2d 201, 205-06 (D.C.1989); In re Harrison, 511 A.2d 16, 19 (D.C.1986).

11
St. Peter v. Stategreen
texapp · 1991 · cited in 1 District of Columbia opinions naming this issue, 1992–1992
1 sentence

1992Peter v. State, 811 S.W.2d 729, 730 (Tex.App.1991), although a claim of *1143 insufficiency may be grounded even on an isolated error of counsel if that error is so egregious and so prejudicial that it has brought about a breakdown in the adversarial process.

11

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in District of Columbia. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (5)

CaseCitedYears
Murray v. Carrier green
scotus · 1986
2 sentences

2012Thus, "the right to effective assistance of counsel . . . may in a particular case be violated by even an isolated error of counsel if that error is sufficiently egregious and prejudicial." Murray v. Carrier, 477 U.S. 478, 496 , 106 S.Ct. 2639 , 91 L.Ed.2d 397 (1986).

2012Thus, "the right to effective assistance of counsel . . . may in a particular case be violated by even an isolated error of counsel if that error is sufficiently egregious and prejudicial." Murray v. Carrier, 477 U.S. 478, 496 , 106 S.Ct. 2639 , 91 L.Ed.2d 397 (1986).

31992–2012
Herring v. United States green
scotus · 2009
2 sentences

2025The textbook example comes from Herring, in which a police officer made an isolated error in failing to update a warrant database and a different officer from another county then relied on the errant entry and arrested somebody for whom, contrary to the database, there was no outstanding arrest warrant. 555 U.S. at 140-48 .

2025In that instance, where the arresting officer “did nothing improper,” id. at 140 , and the careless officer’s data-entry error was singular and distantly “attenuated” from the arrest and search, id. at 144 , exclusion was not warranted.

12025–2025
Strickland v. Washington green
scotus · 1984
2 sentences

2004In order to prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, Cosio must show that his trial counsel’s performance was “deficient.” He must demonstrate that his attorney’s errors or omissions were “so serious that counsel was not functioning as the ‘counsel’ guaranteed the defendant by the Sixth Amendment,” and that counsel’s ineffectiveness so prejudiced the defense “as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial, a trial whose result is reliable.” Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 .

2004In order to prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, Cosio must show that his trial counsel’s performance was “deficient.” He must demonstrate that his attorney’s errors or omissions were “so serious that counsel was not functioning as the ‘counsel’ guaranteed the defendant by the Sixth Amendment,” and that counsel’s ineffectiveness so prejudiced the defense “as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial, a trial whose result is reliable.” Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 .

12004–2004
United States v. Cronic green
scotus · 1984
1 sentence

1992Murray v. Carrier, 477 U.S. 478, 496 , 106 S.Ct. 2639, 2649-50 , 91 L.Ed.2d 397 (1986); Cronic, supra, 466 U.S. at 657 n. 20, 104 S.Ct. at 2046 n. 20.

11992–1992
Brewer v. United States green
dc · 1992
2 sentences

1992Brewer, supra, 609 A.2d at 1142-43 .

1992Brewer, supra, 609 A.2d at 1142-43 .

11992–1992

Statutes the citing opinions construe

DC § D.C. Code § 23-110 (4)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

NY 30 (1893–2024) TX 26 (1938–2024) CA 18 (1893–2024) KS 18 (1988–2013) WV 14 (1989–2026) FL 11 (1938–2019) CT 10 (1990–2022) IL 9 (1986–2023) AL 8 (1977–2014) PA 8 (1905–2021) IA 8 (1976–2022) NE 8 (1986–2022) MI 7 (1981–2024) IN 6 (1970–2011) DC 6 (1992–2025) MO 5 (1956–2024) NJ 5 (1968–2014) UT 4 (1992–2019) LA 4 (1952–1993) MA 4 (2001–2024) GA 3 (1940–2025) KY 2 (1978–2023) WA 2 (2015–2015) OR 2 (1973–1990) MN 2 (1987–2016) NC 2 (2020–2020)

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.

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