Sullivan v. Finch

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[t]he fact that the prosecutor employed colorful rhetoric” when addressing the weaknesses of a defense theory during closing arguments “does not make the response to [the defendant’s] arguments disproportionate”
• “a prosecutor may not comment on the defendant’s failure to present evidence because it is an attempt to shift the burden of proof”
• “To establish a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel a defendant must show that counsel’s performance was deficient and that counsel’s deficient performance prejudiced the defense.”
• “To establish a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel a defendant must show that counsel’s performance was deficient and that counsel’s deficient performance prejudiced the defense.”
• “To establish a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel a defendant must show that counsel’s performance was deficient and that counsel’s deficient performance prejudiced the defense.”
• “The fact that the prosecutor employed colorful rhetoric does not make the response to [the defendant’s] arguments disproportionate,” rather, the prosecution’s comments properly addressed the weaknesses of the defendant’s theory

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).