596 So. 2d 620 - Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “"`In the context of guilty pleas, the first half of the Strickland v. Washington test is nothing more than a restatement of the standard of attorney competence already set forth in Tollett v. Henderson , [ 411 U.S. 258 , 93 S.Ct. 1602 , 36 L.Ed.2d 235 (1973)] and *Page 1133 McMann v. Richardson , [ 397 U.S. 759 , 90 S.Ct. 1441 , 25 L.Ed.2d 763 (1970)]. The second, or `prejudice,' requirement, on the other hand, focuses on whether counsel's constitutionally ineffective performance affected the outcome of the plea process. In other words, in order to satisfy the `prejudice' requirement, the defendant must show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's errors, he would not have pleaded guilty and would have insisted on going to trial.'"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 740 So. 2d 1115 - Davis v. State