Andrus v. Texas
Decided June 15, 2020. The Court ruled per curiam, an unsigned opinion of the Court.
Docket 18-9674 · 590 U.S. 806 (2020) · Cited 152 times
Holding
Because there is a significant question whether the court below properly considered whether counsel’s clearly deficient performance prejudiced Andrus, the judgment of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is vacated and the case is remanded for the court to address the prejudice question.
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Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Strickland v. Washington · 466 U.S. 668 (1984)
- Wiggins v. Smith, Warden · 539 U.S. 510 (2003)
- Sears v. Upton · 561 U.S. 945 (2010)
- Williams v. Taylor · 529 U.S. 362 (2000)
- Porter v. McCollum · 558 U.S. 30 (2009)
- Rompilla v. Beard · 545 U.S. 374 (2005)
- Cullen v. Pinholster · 563 U.S. 170 (2011)
- Cutter v. Wilkinson · 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
- Lambrix v. Singletary · 520 U.S. 518 (1997)
- Lawrence Ex Rel. Lawrence v. Chater · 516 U.S. 163 (1996)
- McLane Co. v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n · 581 U.S. 72 (2017)
- McLane Co. v. EEOC · 581 U.S. 72 (2017)
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