Commonwealth v. Mabie

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that reliance on \the prosecution's file is not a substitute for an independent investigation by defense counsel\
• explaining that reliance on “the prosecution’s file is not a substitute for an independent investí gation by defense counsel”
• counsel ineffective where he failed to investigate prospective witnesses or examine potentially favorable records before advising appellant to plead guilty
• counsel ineffective for failing to introduce evidence of defendant's hospitalization, most relevant to defendant's claim of self-defense
• counsel ineffective for failing to introduce evidence of defendant’s hospitalization, most relevant to defendant’s claim of self-defense
• counsel was ineffective for failing to introduce evidence of defendant’s hospitalization and injuries which was relevant to the defendant’s claim of self-defense and/or mitigation of the seriousness of the homicide charge

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).