Death Penalty

Cases that cite to the 2003 ABA Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases


United States Supreme Court

1. Rompilla v. Beard, 545 U.S. 374 (2005).

2. Florida v. Nixon, 543 U.S. 175 (2004).


Other Federal Cases

1. Brinkley v. Houk, No. 4:06cv1101, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41371 (N.D. Ohio May 22, 2008).

2. Jackson v. Houk, No. 3:07CV0400, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36061, (N.D. Ohio May 1, 2008).

3. Sowell v. Collins, No. 1:94CV237, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25643 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 31, 2008).

4. Yarbrough v. Johnson, 520 F.3d 329 (4th Cir. Mar. 2008).

5. Moore v. Mitchell, 531 F. Supp. 2d 845 (S.D. Ohio Jan. 2008).

6. Fauntenberry v. Mitchell, 515 F.3d 614 (6th Cir. Jan. 2008) (Moore, J., dissenting).

7. Jalowiec v. Bradshaw, No. 1:03-CV-0645, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18855 (N.D. Ohio Jan. 31, 2008).

8. Meyer v. Branker, 506 F.3d 358 (4th Cir. Nov. 13, 2007).

9. Jackson v. Bradshaw, No. 2:03-cv-983, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 75523 (S.D. Ohio Sep. 28, 2007).

10. Clark v. Quarterman, No. 2:03cv357, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68249 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 14, 2007)

11. Murphy v. Sirmons, 497 F. Supp. 2d 1257 (E.D. Okla. Aug. 1, 2007).

12. Haliym v. Mitchell, 492 F.3d 680 (6th Cir. Jul.13, 2007).

13. Hartman v. Bagley, 492 F.3d 347 (6th Cir. Jul. 10, 2007) (Clay, J., concurring in part).

14. Prevatte v. Baker, 499 F. Supp. 2d 1324 (N.D. Ga. Jul. 4, 2007).

15. Anderson v. Sirmons, 476 F.3d 1131 (10th Cir. 2007).

16. Shelton v. Carroll, 464 F.3d 423 (3rd Cir. 2006).

17. Dickerson v. Bagley, 453 F.3d 690 (6th Cir. 2006).

18. Lundgren v. Mitchell, 440 F.3d 754 (6th Cir. 2006) (Clay, J., majority/Merritt, J., dissenting).

19. Clark v. Mitchell, 425 F.3d 270 (6th Cir. 2005) (Rogers, J., majority/Merritt, J., dissenting).

20. United States v. Kreutzer, 61 M.J. 293 (C.A.A.F. 2005).

21. Crowe v. Terry, 426 F. Supp. 2d 1310 (N.D. Ga. 2005).

22. United States v. Karake, 370 F. Supp. 2d 275 (D.D.C. 2005).

23. Canaan v. McBride, 395 F.3d 376 (7th Cir. 2005).

24. Hartman v. Bagley, 333 F. Supp. 2d 632 (N.D. Ohio 2004).

25. Cone v. Bell, 359 F.3d 785 (6th Cir. 2004) (Merritt, J., concurring) rev'd sub nom, Bell v. Cone, 543 U.S. 447 (2005).

26. Smith v. Mullin, 379 F.3d 919 (10th Cir. 2004).

27. Rompilla v. Horn, 355 F.3d 233 (3rd Cir. 2004) (Alito, J., majority/Sloviter, J., dissenting).

28. Hamblin v. Mitchell, 354 F.3d 482 (6th Cir. 2003).

29. Bryan v. Mullin, 335 F.3d 1207 (10th Cir. 2003) (Henry, J., dissenting).


State Cases

1. Harris v. McCann, Case No. 07 C 0454, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44382 (N.D. Ill. Jun. 5, 2008)

2. Bowles v. State, 979 So. 2d 182 (Fla. Feb. 2008)

3. State of Florida v. Kilgore, No. SC06-1763, 2007 Fla. LEXIS 2201 (Fla. Nov. 21, 2007).

4. Ex Parte Van Alstyne, 239 S.W.3d 815 (Tex. Crim. App. Nov. 14, 2007).

5. State v. Young, 172 P.3d 138 (N.M. Oct. 2007).

6. Jones v. Alabama, CR-05-0527, 2007 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 156 (Ala. Crim. App. Aug. 31, 2007).

7. State v. Andriano, 161 P.3d 540 (Ariz. July.2007).

8. State v. Garza, 163 P.3d 1006 (Ariz. Jun. 29, 2007).

9. State v. Morris, 160 P.3d 203 (Ariz. Jun. 18, 2007).

10. Ard v. Catoe, 642 S.E.2d 590 (S.C. Mar. 2007).

11. Commonwealth v. Spotz, 896 A.2d 1191 (Pa. 2006).

12. Kilgore v. State, 933 So. 2d 1192 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006).

13. Henry v. State, 937 So. 2d 563 (Fla. 2006).

14. Menzies v. Galetka, 150 P.3d 380 (Utah 2006).

15. Torres v. State, 120 P.3d 1184 (Okla. Crim. App. 2005).

16. Commonwealth v. Brown, 872 A.2d 1139 (Pa. 2005) (Saylor, J., dissenting).

17. Commonwealth v. Williams, 863 A.2d 505 (Pa. 2004) (Saylor, J., dissenting).

18. Zebroski v. State, 822 A.2d 1038 (Del. 2003).