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t. e. In United States law, ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC[1]) is a claim raised by a convicted criminal defendant asserting that the defendant's legal counsel performed so ineffectively that it deprived the defendant of the constitutional right guaranteed by the Assistance of Counsel Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States ...
Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), was a landmark Supreme Court case that established the standard for determining when a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel is violated by that counsel's inadequate performance. The decision was a compromise by the majority in which the varying "tests for ineffective performance of ...
Jae Lee v. United States, 582 U.S. ___ (2017), was a Supreme Court case in which the Court held that when a criminal defendant raises Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel claims, they only need to prove by reasonable probability that they were wrongly prejudiced by their counsel to accept a plea deal rather than go to trial.
Overview of claims of "actual innocence". In its most literal sense, "actual innocence"—more properly understood as a claim that the prosecution has failed to prove factual guilt beyond a reasonable doubt—is a very commonly raised defense to a crime. [3][4] Claims of actual innocence may involve disputing that any crime occurred at all, or ...
The 2009 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 5, 2009, and concluded October 4, 2010. This was the fifth term of Associate Justice Samuel Alito 's tenure on the Court. Bobby v. Van Hook. Alito joined the Court's per curiam opinion, which had reversed the lower court for resolving an ineffective assistance of counsel ...
Shinn v. Ramirez, 596 U.S. 366 (2022), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court related to the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.The court held that new evidence that was not in the state court's records, based on ineffective assistance of post-conviction counsel, could not be used in an appeal to a federal court.
Ryan. Luis Mariano Martinez v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections. Martinez v. Schriro, 623 F.3d 731 (9th Cir. 2010) Martinez v. Ryan, 680 F.3d 1160 (9th Cir. 2012) Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 (2012), was a United States Supreme Court case about ineffective assistance of counsel claims which allowed a narrow exception ...
Scalia, joined by Thomas; Roberts (all but Part IV) Dissent. Alito. Lafler v. Cooper, 566 U.S. 156 (2012), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court clarified the Sixth Amendment standard for reversing convictions due to ineffective assistance of counsel during plea bargaining. The Court ruled that when a lawyer's ineffective ...