Norton v. Sturla

How courts have described this case

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

• reiterating that decisions as to what witnesses and other evidence to present are matters of trial strategy and are ineffective only if unreasonable ones no competent attorney would make
• reiterating that decisions about what witnesses to call are matters of trial strategy and constitute professionally deficient performance only when they are unreasonable ones that no competent attorney would make
• reiterating that decisions as to what witnesses and other evidence to present are matters of trial strategy and are ineffective only if unreasonable ones that no competent attorney would make
• decisions about which witnesses to call and rebutting opponent’s evidence are matters of trial strategy and tactics
• trial counsel’s performance was not deficient where she did not 7 call an expert because the experts she consulted expressed doubts about the defense theory
• trial counsel not deficient for discontinuing search for expert after trauma nurse and physician she consulted both expressed doubts about theory that child’s initial brain injury was accidental

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).