233 N.C. App. 507 - State v. Allen’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 2016
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · State v. Braswell · State v. Lawrence · State v. Fair · State v. Joyner
Most-quoted passages
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“A fair assessment of attorney performance requires that every effort be made to eliminate the distorting effects of hindsight, to reconstruct the circumstances of counsel's challenged conduct, and to evaluate the conduct from counsel's perspective at the time. Because of the difficulties inherent in making the evaluation, a court must indulge a strong presumption that counsel's conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In weighing the sufficiency of the evidence, the trial court considers all evidence admitted at trial, whether competent or incompetent: ... in the light most favorable to the State, giving the State the benefit of every reasonable inference that might be drawn therefrom. Any contradictions or discrepancies in the evidence are for resolution by the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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