U.S. Bank Natl. Assn v. Mmco, L. L.C.

How courts have described this case

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

• suggesting that “[njot every defendant whose attorney was deficient must show prejudice,” but if so, a defendant “need only show that his attorneys’ errors were not ‘harmless beyond a reasonable doubt,’ ” citing Chapman
• finding ineffective assistance where counsel failed to investigate evidence which might be helpful to insanity defense despite knowledge of accused’s mental history and that insanity was the only possible defense
• in some circumstances, attorneys’ failure to prepare adequate defense vitiates state conviction only if it prejudiced defendant
• “An attorney does not provide effective assistance if he fails to investigate sources of evidence which may be helpful to the defense.”
• failure to investigate fully possible defense based on expert opinion requires showing of prejudice before reversal for counsel’s ineffectiveness is appropriate
• ineffective assistance where attorneys failed to investigate and develop an insanity defense that they had decided was not very strong

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).