Strickland v. Washington, No. 82-1554 (U.S. Supreme Court) (466 U.S. 668; 104 S.Ct. 2052) (May 14, 1984) (Justice O'Connor)

Loaded on June 16, 2002

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Strickland Standard.

This case established the standards for determining when ineffective assistance of counsel occurs by creating a two-part test: whether counsel's performance was deficient and whether that deficient performance prejudiced the defense.

This seminal case on ineffective assistance of counsel held that "the benchmark for judging any claim of …

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