Arizona Supreme Court· 4/23/1985

State v. Gerlaugh

Citations

698 P.2d 694
144 Ariz. 449
1985 Ariz. LEXIS 199

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reasoning that “[d]isagreements in trial strategy will not support a claim of ineffective assistance so long as the challenged conduct has some reasoned basis” (emphasis added)
noting that counsel’s decisions about what evidence and witnesses to present at trial, particularly the cumulative evidence, is a strategic choice that will not support a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
analyzing attorney’s “failure to argue for petitioner’s alleged intoxication” as trial strategy
disagreements in trial strategy will not support ineffective assistance claim as long as challenged conduct has reasoned basis
when defendant denied counsel at a critical stage of trial, prejudice “presumed” to support ineffective counsel claim
defendant’s youth not a substantial mitigating factor since defendant had prior conviction of armed robbery at age of seventeen

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Judges: Hays, Holohan, Gordon, Cameron, Feldman

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