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· 7/12/1996

State v. Arguelles

Citations

  • 921 P.2d 439
  • 1996 WL 392553

How courts have described this case

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

  • requiring that defendant demonstrate prejudice flowing from counsel’s failure to inform of right to testify
  • rejecting request to presume prejudice; applying Strickland: record does not reflect what defendant's testimony would have been
  • naming circumstances in which prejudice may be presumed, but refusing to presume prejudice despite the fact that defendant argued that structural error occurred
  • reviewing defendant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim and stressing that defendant had “not proffered any record evidence which undermines our confidence in his conviction”
  • requiring defendant to show that counsel’s deficient performance prejudiced the defendant
  • requiring offer of proof to show what evidence would be adduced

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Judges: Zimmerman, Stewart, Howe, Durham, Russon

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