Roe v. Flores-Ortega, No. 98-1441 (U.S. Supreme Court) (528 U.S. 470; 120 S.Ct. 1029) (February 23, 2000) (Justice O'Connor)
Loaded on Feb. 1, 2000
published in Punch and Jurists
February 07, 2000
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Strickland Standard.
Supreme Court vacated a decision by the Ninth Circuit which granted relief to a defendant whose counsel failed to file a notice of appeal based on its precedent that counsel's failure to file the notice is deficient unless defendant consents.
This is one of those disturbing Supreme Court decisions which …
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