Rodney E. Wofford v. Louie L. Wainwright

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• counsel has a duty to “provide his client with an understanding of the law in relation to the facts, so that the accused may make an informed and conscious choice between accepting the prosecution’s offer and going to trial”
• “[C]ounsel need only provide his client [who is considering a plea offer] with an understanding of the law in relation to the facts, so that the accused may make an informed and conscious choice between accepting the prosecution's offer and going to trial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).