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Gates v. State

Citations

  • 398 N.W.2d 558
  • 1987 Minn. LEXIS 691

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that under Strickland, defendant must show that counsel’s errors actually had an adverse effect in that “but for” the errors the result of the proceeding probably would have been different
  • stating that a defendant must show that “but for the errors the result of the proceeding probably would have been different”
  • stating that \it is not proper under Strickland to base a reversal on speculation\
  • requiring a showing that, but for the error of counsel, the outcome would have been different
  • rejecting ineffective-assistance claim without considering first prong of the Strickland test because petitioner did not prove that the result of the trial would have been different but for counsel’s alleged mistakes
  • court may dispose of ineffectiveness claim solely by finding failure to prove that outcome may have been different

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Judges: Amdahl

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