Bodett v. Lees

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing judicial approaches to “opening the door” for otherwise inadmissible evidence
• “[A]ppel- lant has not even established a foundation for his claim [of ineffective assis- tance of counsel] by demonstrating that specific individuals would have pro- vided the court with specific testimony.”
• “When factual information is central to an ineffectiveness claim, it is the responsibility of [appellant] to make every feasible effort to obtain that information and bring it to the attention of the appellate court.”
• a defendant who claims ineffective assistance of counsel must show that a counsel’s deficient performance was “‘so serious as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial, a trial whose result is reliable.’” (quoting Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687 (1984))
• “When factual information is central to an ineffectiveness claim, it is the responsibility of the defense to make every feasible effort to obtain that information and bring it to the attention of the appellate court.”
• “When factual information is central to an ineffectiveness claim, it is the responsibility of the defense to make every feasible effort to obtain that information and bring it to the attention of the appellate court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).