Nevada Supreme Court· 7/25/2013

Armenta-Carpio v. State

Citations

129 Nev. 531
306 P.3d 395
129 Nev. Adv. Rep. 54
2013 WL 3864458
2013 Nev. LEXIS 62

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holding that counsel may concede his client's guilt but reasonableness of that strategy is challengeable pursuant to Strickland
recognizing that concession as to some elements may be a reasonable trial strategy depending on circumstances of case
recognizing that \[a] concession of guilt is simply a trial strategy—no different than any other strategy the defense might employ at trial\ and counsel's decision should be reviewed for reasonableness
recognizing that “[a] concession of guilt is 14 simply a trial strategy—no different than any other strategy the defense might employ at trial” and counsel’s decision should be reviewed for 15 reasonableness
recognizing that precedent may be overturned based on clearly erroneous reasoning
holding that concession of guilt is a trial strategy and, same as any other trial strategy, does not require client's consent but may be challenged only to extent that counsel's performance fell below objective standard of reasonableness and prejudiced the defense

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Judges: Parraguirre, Pickering, Gibbons, Hardesty, Douglas, Cherry, Saitta

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