Meyer v. Singletary’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. · 492 So. 2d 1329 - Florida Bar v. Wolf · Stringfellow v. Stringfellow · 488 So. 2d 62 - Williams v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“first, that there were specific errors or omissions of such magnitude that it can be said that they deviated from the norm or fell outside of the range of professionally acceptable performance; and second, that the failure or deficiency caused a prejudicial impact on the [petitioner] by compromising the appellate process to such a degree as to undermine confidence in the fairness and correctness of the outcome under the governing standards of decision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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