Legal Opinion

Strickland v. Washington

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 25, 1984No. 82-1554PublishedCited by 103 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

466 U.S. 668

104 S.Ct. 2052

80 L.Ed.2d 674

Charles E. STRICKLAND, Superintendent, Florida State Prison, et al., Petitioners

v.

David Leroy WASHINGTON.

No. 82-1554.

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued Jan. 10, 1984.

Decided May 14, 1984.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1984.

Syllabus

Respondent pleaded guilty in a Florida trial court to an indictment that included three capital murder charges. In the plea colloquy, respondent told the trial judge that, although he had committed a string of burglaries, he had no significant prior criminal record and that at the time of his criminal spree he was under…

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2Cases cited71 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  4. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  5. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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