Michigan Supreme Court· 7/15/2004

People v. Grant

Citations

684 N.W.2d 686
470 Mich. 477

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holding under the Strickland analysis that counsel’s failure to investigate was unreasonable and prejudiced the defendant
equating the “preponderance of the evidence” standard with “more likely than not”
“A reasonable probability need not rise to the level of making it more likely than not that the outcome would have been different.”
“Counsel must make ‘an independent examination of the facts, circumstances, pleadings and laws involved . . . .’ ”
“[t]he failure to make an adequate investigation is ineffective assistance of counsel if it undermines confidence in the trial’s outcome.”
“A reasonable probability need not rise to the level of making it more likely than not that the outcome would have been different.”

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Judges: Marilyn J. Kelly

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