Frazier v. Mathis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. ““[i]n order to prove ineffective assistance of counsel in connection with a guilty plea, a defendant must prove that his counsel was deficient, and that absent the deficiency, there is a reasonable probability that he would have proceeded to trial rather than pleading guilty. The proper standard of review of the habeas court’s ruling requires that we accept the habeas court’s factual findings and credibility determinations unless clearly erroneous, but we independently apply the legal principles to the facts.” [Cit.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Martinez