People v. Barcik

How courts have described this case

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

• finding, because the witness was the defendant’s fiancée, she “likely would not have been considered a credible witness”
• because of her relationship to the defendant, the defendant’s fiancée likely would not have been considered a credible witness
• “[h]ere, even assuming counsel was deficient for not calling defendant’s fiancée [to testify], defendant’s [postconviction] claim would still fail because defendant cannot establish prejudice”
• because of her relationship to the defendant, the defendant’s fiancée likely would not have been considered a credible witness
• trial counsel not ineffective for failing to call the defendant’s fiancée as a witness during trial where “because of her relationship to defendant, [she] likely would not have been considered a credible witness”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).