In Re Trombly

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the decisions of whether to testify and how to plead are to be made by the defendant
• listing decisions to be made by the accused after full consultation with defense counsel
• listing decisions to be made by the accused after full consultation with defense counsel
• rejecting argument that defense lawyer was ineffective \by requesting at the client's insistence that the court not instruct the jury that attempted manslaughter is a lesser included offense of attempted murder\
• defendant, not trial counsel, should be one to decide whether to seek submission to jury on lesser-included offenses
• “once defense counsel consults fully with the client about lesser included offenses, the defendant should be the one to decide whether to seek submission to the jury of those offenses”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).