In Re Dunbar

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that petitioner alleging ineffective assistance of counsel bears burden of proving that counsel's performance fell below professional standard and \that counsel's deficient performance prejudiced the defense\
• describing standard by which defense counsel performance is reviewed in ineffective assistance claims and citing Strickland
• characterizing defendant’s burden as “a heavy one” and emphasizing whether trial counsel had “any reasonable strategy and whether they pursued it with adequate preparation and diligence”
• trial counsel are permitted great deal of discretion in decisions regarding trial strategy
• where case was susceptible of more than one defense strategy, the “proper question is whether trial counsel had any reasonable strategy and whether they pursued it with adequate preparation and diligence”
• court looks to a range of competence within a given situation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).