Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1/12/2007

State v. Borchardt

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914 A.2d 1126
396 Md. 586
2007 Md. LEXIS 1

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noting that “[b]efore deciding to act, or not to act, counsel must make a rational and informed decision on strategy and tactics based upon adequate investigation and preparation”
observing that “[t]he deficient performance inquiry includes a context-dependent consideration of the challenged conduct as seen from counsel’s perspective at the time,” and that the requisite “standard of reasonableness spawns few hard-edged rules”
“[I]n ascertaining legislative intent, the Statutory Construction Act ‘requires a presumption that the General Assembly did not intend a result that is absurd or unreasonable.’”
because of the difficulties inherent in evaluating counsel’s conduct from counsel’s perspective at the time, “a court must indulge a strong presumption that counsel’s conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance”
“Borchardt provides no reason why we should conclude that his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel collectively have any greater force than they have individually. This is an issue of simple mathematics: twenty times nothing still equals nothing.”

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