Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim Fails in Supreme Court: Insanity Defense Debate
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 11, Number 05, January/February 2010 , pp.79-79(1)
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Abstract:
No constitutional violation is found when counsel persuades a defendant to forgo an insanity defense that counsel had good reason to believe was doomed to failure.Keywords: Knowles v. Mirzayance , 129 S.Ct. 2426, Strickland v. Washington , 466 U.S. 668
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1: Executive Editor.