State v. Martinez-Serna’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
May 2021
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Cuyler v. Sullivan · McMann v. Richardson · Holloway v. Arkansas · William Foxworth v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections
Most-quoted passages
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“must demonstrate that some plausible alternative defense strategy might have been pursued. He need not show that the defense would necessarily have been successful if it had been used, but merely that it possessed sufficient substance to be a viable alternative. Second, he must establish that the alternative defense was inherently in conflict with the attorney’s other loyalties or interests.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Padilla
How this case has been treated — in progress
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