U.S. v. Cronic, No. 82-660 (U.S. Supreme Court) (466 U.S. 648; 104 S.Ct. 2039) (May 14, 1984) (Justice Stevens)
This seminal case set the standard for determining when there has been a complete denial of a defendant's right to effective assistance of counsel, in which case there is a presumption of constitutional error without any showing of prejudice.
This decision is the companion to the Court's more famous seminal ...
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