Wall v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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1. “evaluate[ ] counsel under the circumstances existing at the time of the challenged act or omission and from the perspective available at the time of the challenged act or omission.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dixon v. State · Farrow v. State

2. “An appeal of an ineffective assistance of counsel ruling presents mixed questions of law and fact. Miller v. State , 2018 WY 102 , ¶ 13, 424 P.3d 1284 , 1287 (Wyo. 2018) (quoting Worley v. State , 2017 WY 3 , ¶ 9, 386 P.3d 765 , 769 (Wyo. 2017) ). We review the district court's conclusions of law de novo and defer to its factual findings unless they are clearly erroneous. Id. "A finding is clearly erroneous when, although there is evidence to support it, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed." Miller , ¶ 13, 424 P.3d at 1287 (quoting Cowboy's LLC v. Schumacher , 2018 WY 61 , ¶ 10, 419 P.3d 498 , 501 (Wyo. 2018) ). To prevail on an ineffective assistance claim, a defendant must show that his trial counsel rendered constitutionally deficient performance and that absent that deficiency, a reasonable probability exists that he would have enjoyed a more favorable verdict. Larkins v. State , 2018 WY 122 , ¶ 62, 429 P.3d 28 , 43 (Wyo. 2018) (citing Strickland v. Washington , 466 U.S. 668 , 687, 695, 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 2064, 2068, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984) ). To show that trial counsel's performance was constitutionally inadequate, the defendant must demonstrate that the attorney's performance was substantially below that of a reasonably competent attorney. Bruckner v. State , 2018 WY 51 , ¶ 15, 417 P.3d 178 , 181-82 (Wyo. 2018). We "evaluate[ ] counsel under the circumstances existing at the time of the c”

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

3. “To prevail on an ineffective assistance claim, a defendant must show that his trial counsel rendered constitutionally deficient performance and that absent that deficiency, a reasonable probability exists that he would have enjoyed a more favorable verdict.”

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