Ashley v. Hoyt

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting, in light of Stevens, post-conviction trial court’s adoption of “reasonable probability” standard for prejudice
• declining, in light of facts susceptible to differing interpretations, to “imply any view as to the ultimate credibility or persuasiveness” of omitted evidence
• describing the choices and ultimately choosing to address the legal question of prejudice without remand because the post-conviction court rendered sufficient factual findings
• on post-conviction, the existence of prejudice is a question of law that may be dependent on predicate facts
• “a reasonable probability” that the “result would have been different” is too rigorous a standard
• \a reasonable probability\ that the \result would have been different\ is too rigorous a standard

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).