Kokal v. Secretary, Department of Corrections

How courts have described this case

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

• reviewing, with AEDPA deference, the highest state-court decision that decided petitioner’s claim on the merits
• explaining the burden rests with petitioner to show “a reasonable probability the result of the proceeding would have been different.”
• stating “a court need not address both Strickland prongs if the petitioner fails to satisfy either of them”
• reviewing, with AEDPA deference, the highest state-court decision to have decided the petitioner’s claim on the merits
• “a court need not address both Strickland prongs if the petitioner fails to establish either of them”
• “a court need not address both Strickland prongs if the petitioner fails to establish either of them”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).