Gilmer v. the State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “[W]e are not limited in our assessment of the objective reasonableness of lawyer performance to the subjective reasons offered by trial counsel for his conduct. If a reasonable lawyer might have done what the actual lawyer did-whether for the same reasons given by the actual lawyer or different reasons entirely-the actual lawyer cannot be said to have performed in an objectively unreasonable way.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ray v. the State. · Awtrey v. State

2. “Specific instances of the conduct of a witness, for the purpose of attacking or supporting the witness's character for truthfulness, other than a conviction of a crime as provided in Code Section 24-6-609, or conduct indicative of the witness's bias toward a party may not be proved by extrinsic evidence . Such instances may however, in the discretion of the court, if probative of truthfulness or untruthfulness, be inquired into on cross-examination of the witness[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. DANIELS v. the STATE.

3. “trial counsel clearly would not have been permitted to introduce extrinsic evidence of the [witness'] arrest for perjury[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. DANIELS v. the STATE.