Cheney v. Washington

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a “doubly deferential” standard applies when “a federal court reviews a state court’s Strickland determination”
• explaining that arguments of counsel carry 22 less weight with juries than instructions from the court
• explaining that a “doubly deferential” standard applies when “a federal court reviews a state court’s Strickland determination”
• explaining that a “doubly deferential” standard applies when “a federal court reviews a state court’s Strickland determination”
• noting 24 that review of a decision under Strickland and the AEDPA is “doubly deferential” because 25 courts must be highly deferential in evaluating counsel’s performance
• acknowledging double deference required with respect to state court 4 adjudications of Strickland claims

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).