Lockhart v. Fretwell

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1993-01-25

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*366 Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court. In this case we decide whether counsel’s failure to make an objection in a state criminal sentencing proceeding — an objection that would have been supported by a decision which subsequently was overruled — constitutes “prejudice” within the meaning of our decision in Strickland v.…

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