PRIBEAGU Et Al. v. GWINNETT COUNTY

How courts have described this case

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

• applying the “doubly deferential” standard to the petitioner’s ineffective assistance of appellate counsel claim
• “[F]ederal courts are to afford ‘both the state court and the defense attorney the benefit of the doubt.’”
• “[F]ederal courts are to afford ‘both the state court and the defense attorney the benefit of the doubt.’”
• “[C]ounsel is strongly presumed to have rendered adequate assistance and made all significant decisions in the exercise of reasonable professional judgment.”
• “The Confrontation Clause prohibits an out- of-court statement only if it is admitted for its truth.”
• “A state court’s determination that a claim lacks merit precludes federal habeas relief so long as fairminded jurists could disagree on the correctness of the state court’s decision.” (quotations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).