Wanatee v. Ault

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• holding that, under Strickland, “the standard for ‘prejudice’” is not whether the applicant “has shown that he did not have a fair trial”
• stating ineffective-assistance claimant must make prejudice showing with something more than self-serving statements
• stating ineffective-assistance claimant must make prejudice showing with something more than self-serving statements
• noting the prosecution had nowhere “object[ed] to the existence of a plea offer”
• granting habeas relief pursuant to § 2254 to a state prisoner convicted of first-degree murder on a claim that ineffective assistance of counsel led him to reject an offer to plead guilty to second-degree murder
• to show prejudice resulting from counsel’s deficient advice, petitioner must offer more than self- serving statements; rather he must present credible, nonconclusory evidence that he would have pleaded guilty had he been properly advised

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).