Anfinson v. State

How courts have described this case

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• finding breach of duty where trial counsel’s strategic decision was not based on reasonable professional judgment
• prohibiting a PCR court from “assum[ing] the role of Monday morning quarterback in condemning counsel’s judgment in choosing between what are frequently equally hazardous options” (quoting State v. Newman, 326 N.W.2d 788, 795 (Iowa 1982))
• “The real issue is not whether defense counsel’s actions were successful, but whether they were ‘justifiable.’” (citation omitted)
• “Expert and lay testimony presented by Anfinson at the [PCR] trial clearly suggests trial counsel could have developed strong evidence detailing the nature and extent of Anfinson’s depression and provided an explanation for her bizarre behavior on the day of Jacob’s death.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).