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Strickland Vs. Washington

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 14, 1984

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  10. United States Vs. Cronic US Supreme Court · May 14, 1984
  11. United States Vs. Valenzuela-bernal US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1982
  12. United States Vs. Agurs US Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1976
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  13. U.S. 668 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Strickland v. Washington
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  14. U.S. 668 (1984) Strickland v. Washington
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  15. See Washington v. State
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  16. attack. Applying the standard for ineffectiveness claims articulated by the Florida Supreme Court in Knight v. State
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  17. App. to Pet. for Cert. A230. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the denial of relief. Washington v. State
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  18. in the District Court, the habeas petition might be characterized as a mixed petition subject to the rule of Rose v. Lundy
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  19. Id. at 1253 (quoting Rummel v. Estelle
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  20. Fayerweather v. Ritch
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  21. on state interference with the ability of counsel to render effective assistance to the accused. E.g., United States v. Cronic
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  22. ante p. 466 U. S. 648 . With the exception of Cuyler v. Sullivan
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  23. of counsel's assistance in a case going to trial. Cf. United States v. Agurs
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  24. standard in one formulation or another. See Trapnell v. United
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  25. App. B to Brief for United States in United States v. Cronic
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  26. tests that purport to differ in more than formulation. See App. C to Brief for United States in United States v. Cronic
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  27. expressly rejected the prejudice standard articulated by Judge Leventhal in his plurality opinion in United States v. Decoster
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  28. en banc), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 944 (1979), and adopted by the State of Florida in Knight v. State
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  29. rule requiring dismissal of mixed petitions, though to be strictly enforced, is not jurisdictional. See Rose v. Lundy
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  30. We therefore address the merits of the constitutional issue. II In a long line of cases that includes Powell v. Alabama
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  31. U. S. 45 (1932), Johnson v. Zerbst
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  32. U. S. 458 (1938), and Gideon v. Wainwright
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  33. to which they are entitled. Adams v. United
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  34. Powell v. Alabama
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  35. federal or state crime has the right to have counsel appointed if retained counsel cannot be obtained. See Algersinger v. Hamlin
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  36. ways with the ability of counsel to make independent decisions about how to conduct the defense. See, e.g., Geders v. United
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  37. Herring v. New
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  38. in its adversarial format and in the existence of standards for decision, See Barclay Page 466 U. S. 687 v. Florida
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  39. have now held, the proper standard for attorney performance is that of reasonably effective assistance. See Trapnell v. United
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  40. States, 725 F.2d at 151-152. The Court indirectly recognized as much when it stated in McMann v. Richardson
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  41. Cuyler v. Sullivan
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  42. law's presumption that counsel will fulfill the role in the adversary process that the Amendment envisions. See Michel v. Louisiana
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  43. the defendant, and hence counsel owes the client a duty of loyalty, a duty to avoid conflicts of interest. See Cuyler v. Sullivan
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  44. to bring to bear such skill and knowledge as will render the trial a reliable adversarial testing process. See Powell v. Alabama
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  45. of counsel and restrict the wide latitude counsel must have in making tactical decisions. See United States v. Decoster
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  46. after it has proved unsuccessful, to conclude that a particular act or omission of counsel was unreasonable. Cf. Engle v. Isaac
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  47. See Michel v. Louisiana
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  48. just as it may be critical to a proper assessment of counsel's other litigation decisions. See United States v. Decoster
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  49. setting aside the judgment of a criminal proceeding if the error had no effect on the judgment. Cf. United States v. Morrison
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  50. to result in prejudice. So are various kinds of state interference with counsel's assistance. See United States v. Cronic
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