Cunningham v. Thompson

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 reviewing court “will not second-guess a lawyer’s tactical decisions unless those decisions reflect an absence or suspension of professional skill and judgment”
• affirming denial of post-conviction relief despite deficient performance by trial counsel at sentencing phase where “there was compelling evidence” on the point that the petitioner disputed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).