Rainey v. Varner

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the standard for the “deficiency” element of the Strickland test was whether “counsel’s representation fell below an objective standard of reasonableness”
• discussing prejudice in the context of a claim of ineffective assistance for failure to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence
• rejecting an ineffective assistance of counsel claim because even if the defendant was “retried and convicted of second degree murder, he would have received the same sentence”
• rejecting an ineffective assistance of counsel claim because even if the defendant was “retried and convicted of second degree murder, he would have received the same sentence”
• rejecting an ineffective assistance of counsel claim because even if the defendant was “retried and convicted of second degree murder, he would have received the same sentence”
• rejecting a claim for ineffective assistance of counsel, because “even had [the petitioner’s] counsel challenged the sufficiency of the evidence, [the petitioner] would have received the same sentence”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).