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· 3/11/1986

Acord v. Hedrick

Citations

  • 342 S.E.2d 120
  • 176 W. Va. 154
  • 1986 W. Va. LEXIS 425

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • reviewing court will not apply “reasonably effective assistance” standard in hindsight to matters of trial strategy, tactics, or other arguable courses of action
  • “[A]n accomplice’s guilty plea cannot be used to show the defendant’s guilt by association^]”
  • \[A]n accomplice's guilty plea cannot be used to show the defendant's guilt by association[.]\

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Judges: Neely

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