155 N.C. App. 1 - State v. Wade’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “First, the defendant must show that counsel’s performance was deficient. This requires showing that counsel made errors so serious that counsel was not functioning as the “counsel” guaranteed the defendant by the Sixth Amendment. Second, the defendant must show that the deficient performance prejudiced the defense. This requires showing that counsel’s errors were so serious as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial, a trial whose result is reli able. The fact that counsel made an error, even an unreasonable error, does not warrant reversal of a conviction unless there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s errors, there would have been a different result in the proceedings. This determination must be based on the totality of the evidence before the finder of fact. Thus, if a reviewing court can determine at the outset that there is no reasonable probability that in the absence of counsel’s alleged errors the result of the proceeding would have been different, then the court need not determine whether counsel’s performance was actually deficient. After examining the record we conclude that there is no reasonable probability that any of the alleged errors of defendant’s counsel affected the outcome of the trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 182 N.C. App. 250 - State v. Reber