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Strickland v. Washington

5-4

CHAPTER

The Deficient Performance Prong of the Test

The Supreme Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment is not violated when a defendant was represented by an ineffective attorney. The court's ruling has been criticized for being too vague about what constitutes "ineffective assistance of counsel" A dissent from Justice Thurgood Marshall points out basically every problem with this standard, says David Bianculli.

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