Matter of Torres v. Burchell

How courts have described this case

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

• indicating that we must “construe the statute in its entirety”
• noting among other things that statutes are interpreted “in a manner to avoid absurd results” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “To satisfy the prejudice prong, [defendant] must show ‘there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s unprofessional errors, the results of the proceeding would have been different.’” (citation omitted)
• “Except where multiple acts contribute to cause a consequence, the determination of factual causation turns simply on whether ‘the harm would not have occurred absent the [defendant’s] conduct.’” (alteration in original) (citation omitted)
• “[W]e must construe the statute in its entirety.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).