Ridgley v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling petitioner must show causal connection between performance and decision to plead guilty
• finding no prejudice where petitioner failed to “link his claims of deficient performance with his plea of guilty”
• “The standard to determine competency to stand trial is whether the defendant has the capacity to understand the proceedings against him and [ ] assist in his defense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).