Strickland v. Washington
Case Date: 05/06/1984
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In Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), the United States Supreme Court established a two-part test for establishing a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Under this test, a criminal defendant may not obtain relief unless he can show that counsel's performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness, and that counsel's performance gives rise to a reasonable probability that, if counsel had performed adequately, the result of the proceeding—the trial, the sentencing hearing, the appeal—would have been different.
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