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State v. McLean

Citations

  • 178 Wash. App. 236
  • 313 P.3d 1181

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that withholding an objection constituted a legitimate trial tactic seeking to avoid emphasizing inadmissible evidence of past alcohol intoxication and arrest in the course of a DUI trial
  • “[I]t can be a legitimate trial tactic to withhold an objection to avoid emphasizing inadmissible evidence.”
  • “[C]ounsel’s performance is not deficient if it can be characterized as a legitimate trial tactic.”

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Judges: Hunt, Johanson, Worswick

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