Flamer v. State of Delaware

How courts have described this case

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• noting that Lockhart's fundamentally unfair or unreliable standard \clarified the meaning of prejudice under Strickland\
• noting that new Supreme Court precedent “may be applied retroactively despite Teague v. Lane because Teague only applies to a change in the law that favors criminal defendants”
• recognizing the Fifth Amendment right to counsel during custodial interrogation is not offense- specific
• recognizing the Fifth Amendment right to counsel during custodial interrogation is not offense- specific
• holding defen- dant’s request to call someone about possible representation to be ambiguous
• Jackson not a \watershed\ rule but a \prophylactic rule that provides one means of protecting a constitutional right\

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