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State v. Jones

Citations

  • 183 Wash. 2d 327
  • 352 P.3d 776

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that the lack of additional defense witnesses likely affected the outcome of the trial, where the State presented five witnesses and the defense presented only one
  • for defense counsel to be effective, counsel must investigate the case, which includes interviewing witnesses
  • \reasonable probability\ means \by less than a more likely than not standard\
  • \'reasonable probability'\ means \by less than a more likely than not standard\
  • \'reasonable probability'\ means \by less than a more likely than not standard\
  • failure to interview a particular witness can constitute deficient performance

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Judges: Fairhurst, González, Johnson, Madsen, McCloud, Owens, Stephens, Wiggins

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