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· 1/10/1997

Childress v. Johnson

Citations

  • 103 F.3d 1221
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 398
  • 1997 WL 8836

How courts have described this case

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

  • applying Cronic when counsel offered no advice to defendant at a plea hearing and conducted no investigation to assist the defendant
  • noting that Strickland governs most right to counsel claims
  • defense counsel appointed solely to execute defendant's waiver of jury trial and performed no other service for defendant
  • \constructive denial of counsel as described inCronic affords only a narrow exception to the requirement that prejudice must be proved\
  • defense counsel appointed solely to execute defendant’s waiver of jury trial and performed no other service for defendant
  • defense counsel appointed solely to execute defendant’s waiver of jury trial and performed no other service for defendant

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Judges: Higginbotham, Duhé, Benavides

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