Waldo & Hughes v. Bell

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that because counsel failed to identify potentially favorable evidence, they could not adequately evaluate such evidence and make reasoned tactical decisions about its use
• “Counsel do not satisfy their professional obligation to zealously represent their client’s interests during sentencing merely by reacting to information supplied by a reluctant client.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).