Burt v. Titlow

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2013-11-05

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Justice ALITO delivered the opinion of the Court. *15 When a state prisoner asks a federal court to set aside a sentence due to ineffective assistance of counsel during plea bargaining, our cases require that the federal court use a " 'doubly deferential' " standard of review that gives both the state court and the defense attorney the benefit of…

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