State v. Auchard

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a petition must submit evidentiary documents containing sufficient operative facts to demonstrate that trial counsel was ineffective and the prejudicial effect thereof before a hearing is granted
• “the pivotal concern is whether there are substantive grounds for relief which would warrant a hearing based upon the petition, the supporting affidavit and the files and records of this cause”
• noting “a hearing is not automatically required”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).