Rice & Fielding, Inc. v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that the Sixth Amendment guarantees a defendant’s right to control important strategic decisions of their case
• recognizing that it can be a valid tactical decision to not assert an affirmative defense because defenses carry with them the burden of proof
• recognizing that the Sixth Amendment guarantees a defendant’s right to control important strategic decisions of their case
• holding that while “failure to recognize and raise an affirmative defense can fall below the constitutional minimum for effective representation,” the decision to forgo a defense may also be a valid strategic decision
• holding that while “failure to recognize and raise an affirmative defense can fall below the constitutional minimum for effective representation,” the decision to forgo a defense may also be a valid strategic decision
• noting the prosecution must prove harmlessness beyond a reasonable doubt for constitutional errors

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).