Casey v. Overlade’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. ““Advocacy is a skill and art; easy to criticize, difficult to fairly appraise. Indeed a post-mortem of criminal trials, selected at random, would undoubtedly reveal flaws of varying magnitude in the trial techniques of respected members of the bar. Our profession is one in which hindsight is a meager measure of counsel’s competency. Trial strategy is seldom viewed with a uniform eye.” United States v. Stoecker, supra, 216 F.2d at 52 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Kruchten