Paul L. Glover v. United States

Decided January 9, 2001. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 99-8576 · 531 U.S. 198 (2001) · Cited 1,160 times

Holding

The Seventh Circuit erred in engrafting onto the prejudice branch of the Strickland test the requirement that any increase in sentence must meet a standard of significance.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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)
• Williams v. Taylor · 529 U.S. 362 (2000)
• Lockhart v. Fretwell · 506 U.S. 364 (1993)
• Duncan v. Louisiana · 391 U.S. 145 (1968)
• Scott v. Illinois · 440 U.S. 367 (1979)
• Nix v. Whiteside · 475 U.S. 157 (1986)
• Taylor v. Freeland & Kronz · 503 U.S. 638 (1992)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Lafler v. Cooper · 566 U.S. 156 (2012)
• Daimler AG v. Bauman · 571 U.S. 117 (2014)
• Rosales-Mireles v. United States · 585 U.S. 129 (2018)
• Alabama v. Shelton · 535 U.S. 654 (2002)
• Missouri v. Frye · 566 U.S. 134 (2012)
• Lackawanna County District Attorney v. Coss · 532 U.S. 394 (2001)
• Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly · 533 U.S. 525 (2001)
• Ferguson v. City of Charleston · 532 U.S. 67 (2001)
• Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States · 568 U.S. 23 (2012)
• Mahmoud v. Taylor · 606 U.S. 522 (2025)
• A. J. T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School Dist. No. 279 · 605 U.S. 335 (2025)

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