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People v. LaVearn

Citations

  • 528 N.W.2d 721
  • 448 Mich. 207

How courts have described this case

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

  • determining that a counsel “faced with a choice between two defenses with significant evidentiary problems” may elect to pursue one over the other
  • determining that a counsel “faced with a choice between two defenses with significant evidentiary problems” may elect to pursue one over the other
  • determining that a counsel “faced with a choice between two defenses with significant evidentiary problems” may elect to pursue one over the other
  • stating that counsel’s performance is measured without the benefit of hindsight
  • stating that counsel’s performance is measured without the benefit of hindsight
  • defense counsel’s decision regarding the defense to be pursued is a matter of trial strategy.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Brickley, Boyle, Riley, Mallett, Weaver, Cavanagh, Levin

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