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· 10/10/1972

Chitwood v. United States

Citations

  • 409 U.S. 858
  • 93 S. Ct. 141

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that appellate counsel need not present every possible point of error on appeal
  • under Strickland, prejudice means that outcome of appeal would have been different
  • under Strickland, prejudice means that outcome of appeal would have been different

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