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United States Vs. Cronic

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 14, 1984

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  18. U.S. 648 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Cronic
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  19. U.S. 648 (1984) United States v. Cronic
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  20. F.2d 1126, 1129 (CA10 1982) (quoting United States v. Golub
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  21. In Cuyler v. Sullivan
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  22. Id. at 446 U. S. 344 . And in Engle v. Isaac
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  23. Herrin v. New
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  24. Williams v. Twomey
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  25. F.2d 634, 640 (CA7), cert. denied sub nom. Sielaff v. Williams
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  26. on the reliability of the trial process, the Sixth Amendment guarantee is generally not implicated. See United States v. Valenzuela-Bernal
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  27. because we presume that the lawyer is competent to provide the guiding hand that the defendant needs, see Michel v. Louisiana
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  28. makes the adversary process itself presumptively unreliable. No specific showing of prejudice was required in Davis v. Alaska
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  29. Id. at 415 U. S. 318 (citing Smith v. Illinois
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  30. U. S. 129 , 390 U. S. 131 (1968), and Brookhart v. Janis
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  31. so small that a presumption of prejudice is appropriate without inquiry into the actual conduct of the trial. Powell v. Alabama
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  32. But every refusal to postpone a criminal trial will not give rise to such a presumption. In Avery v. Alabama
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  33. Similarly, in Chambers v. Maroney
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  34. See Williams v. United
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  35. Time has not eroded the force of Justice Sutherland's opinion for the Court in Powell v. Alabama
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  36. See United States v. Ash
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  37. United States v. Decoster
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  38. Wainwright v. Sykes
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  39. Parker v. North
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  40. Polk County v. Dodson
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  41. Jones v. Barnes
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  42. See Engle v. Isaac
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  43. Brady v. United
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  44. counsel cannot create one, and may disserve the interests of his client by attempting a useless charade. See Nickols v. Gagnon
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  45. to plead guilty if that advice falls within the range of reasonable competence under the circumstances. See Tollett v. Henderson
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  46. U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Cronic
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  47. United States v. Golub
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  48. Williams v. Twomey
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  49. Sielaff v. Williams
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  50. See United States v. Valenzuela-Bernal
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