People v. McDowell’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
February 2026
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Crawford v. Washington · Gideon v. Wainwright · Teague v. Lane
Most-quoted passages
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“Because relief for ineffective assistance of counsel requires a criminal defendant to prove both deficient representation and prejudice, denial of the motion without a hearing is justified if, but only if, the existing record establishes that the defendant's allegations, even if proven true, would fail to establish one or the other prong of the Strickland test.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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