Holladay v. Haley

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining because both parts of the Strickland test must be met, we need not consider one prong if the defendant fails to establish the other
• “[C]ounsel is not required to seek an independent evaluation when the defendant does not display strong evidence of mental problems.”
• “[A] court need not address the performance prong of [Strickland] if the defendant cannot meet the prejudice prong, or vice versa.”
• “Because both parts of the test must be satisfied in order to show a violation of the Sixth Amendment, the court need not address the performance prong if the defendant cannot meet the prejudice prong, or vice versa.”
• “Because both parts of the test must be satisfied in order to show a violation of the Sixth Amendment, the court need not address the performance prong if the defendant cannot meet the prejudice prong, or vice versa.”
• “Because both parts of the test must be satisfied in order to show a violation of the Sixth Amendment, the court need not address the performance prong if the defendant cannot meet the prejudice prong, or vice versa.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).