Wade v. Kerner

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing standard of review applicable to tactical decisions of counsel in trial for murder in first degree
• when defendant and counsel have discussed strategy, choice of how to proceed is attributable to defendant
• “An attorney’s strategic decisions are not errors unless shown to be ‘manifestly unreasonable’ ”
• psychiatrist testified that inability to control impulses not typical of heroin withdrawal
• indicating arguments a prosecutor should avoid

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).