Phillies v. Regional Resources

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that counsel’s decision to abandon the alternate suspect theory was “strategic” given the case’s unexpected direction
• concluding that the trial court's failure to poll the jury was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt
• recognizing that if trial counsel had a reasonable basis for a strategic decision, then the decision enjoys a strong presumption of correctness and the inquiry generally ends
• holding that it is a “reasonable strategic position” to “not object at every potential opportunity” because doing so may “decrease[] an attorney’s credibility with the jury and call[] undue attention to the objectionable material”
• holding that it is a “reasonable strategic position” to “not object at every potential opportunity” because doing so may “decrease[] an attorney’s credibility with the jury and call[] undue attention to the objectionable material”
• declining to reach a cumulative prejudice argument because trial counsel’s actions did not fall below an objective standard of reasonableness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).