Lajara v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an ineffective assistance of counsel claim can be decided based solely on the absence of prejudice of constitutional proportions
• noting that an appellate court need not address whether counsel was deficient if the claim can be rejected based on a lack of prejudice
• stating that a court may deny an ineffective assistance claim based solely on the absence of prejudice arising from counsel’s alleged deficiencies
• stating that a court need not address counsel’s performance if an ineffective assistance claim can be rejected based on a lack of prejudice
• noting that an ineffective assistance of counsel claim can be resolved based solely on a lack of prejudice without addressing the separate question of whether trial counsel performed deficiently
• noting that an ineffective assistance of counsel claim can be resolved based solely on a lack of prejudice without addressing the separate question of whether trial counsel actually performed deficiently

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