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People v. Randolph

Citations

  • 917 N.W.2d 249
  • 502 Mich. 1

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “[a] ‘clear or obvious’ error under the second prong” of the Carines plain-error test “is one that is not ‘subject to reasonable dispute’ ”
  • holding that an appellate court must not conflate the ineffective-assistance and plain-error standards because “the claims associated with each type of error have their own elements and require different analyses”
  • noting that the “obviousness” of the error for plain-error purposes might not correlate with whether trial counsel performed deficiently
  • noting that the “obviousness” of the error for plain-error purposes might not correlate with whether trial counsel performed deficiently
  • noting that the “obviousness” of the error for plain-error purposes might not correlate with whether trial counsel performed deficiently
  • noting that it is not ineffective for an attorney to forgo objecting to even an obvious error if there is a valid strategic reason for the attorney’s choice

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Bench, Clement, Viviano

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24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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Other cases named People v. Randolph

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