Paula McFarland v. Joan Yukins

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that Mickens ‘‘changed the terminology, but not the substance’’ of test under Sulli- van
• observing that while a defendant has an interest in conflict-free counsel, as well as “to proceed with counsel of [his] own choice,” he “cannot have it both ways by asking for reversal or habeas corpus on the basis of representation that he or she acceded to during trial”
• “[T]here is no proof of adverse effect . . . if the lawyer was ignorant of the facts giving rise to the conflict[.]” (citation modified)
• “Counsel’s failure to raise an issue on appeal could only be ineffective assistance if there is a reasonable probability that inclusion of the issue would have changed the result of the appeal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).