States law, ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC) is a claim raised by a convicted criminal defendant asserting that the defendant's legal counsel performed...

know to make a challenge of ineffective assistance of counsel, and make one, or the claim of ineffective assistance of counsel or the issue cannot be raised...

test for an ineffective assistance of counsel claim: Counsel's performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness. Counsel's performance gives...

to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence." The assistance of counsel clause includes five distinct rights: the right to counsel of choice, the...

In criminal law, the right to counsel means a defendant has a legal right to have the assistance of counsel (i.e., lawyers) and, if the defendant cannot...

prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel required Jones to demonstrate both that "counsel committed serious errors in light of prevailing professional...

to ineffective assistance of counsel during plea bargaining. The Court ruled that when a lawyer's ineffective assistance leads to the rejection of a plea...

Look up counsel or co-counsel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Attorney at law General counsel Ineffective assistance of counsel  One or more of the preceding...

murder conviction was obtained through the use of false evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel. Lisker was freed on August 13, 2009. On September...

District of California, invalidating the death sentence on ineffective assistance of counsel grounds. On June 19, 1996, a unanimous three-judge panel of the...