Sixth Circuit· 10/3/2011

Davis v. Lafler

Citations

658 F.3d 525
2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 20036
2011 WL 4537788

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 petitioner has a “high burden” to show prejudice, i.e., “that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”
observing “a defendant who challenges the sufficiency of the evidence - 25 - No. 11-2600 United States v. Ouedraogo to sustain his conviction faces a nearly insurmountable hurdle”
“Pieces of evidence are not to be viewed in a vacuum; rather, they are viewed in relation to the other evidence in the case.”
trial counsel had valid reasons not to call co-defendant who had pleaded guilty as a defense witness when the prosecutor had threatened to charge him with perjury if he testified and counsel was concerned he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent if called

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Judges: Batchelder, Chief Judge Martin, Boggs, Moore, Cole, Clay, Gilman, Gibbons, Rogers, Sutton, Cook, McKeague, Griffin, Kethledge, and Stranch, Circuit Judges

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