Strickland prejudice standard in Utah

2025See id. ¶¶ 49, 54 (stating that the requirement that the defendant show prejudice “is generally reserved for a category of claims brought for the first time on appeal” and declining to apply that standard to a preserved unanimity claim); State v. Baugh, 2024 UT 33, ¶ 42 , 556 P.3d 35 (applying the Strickland prejudice standard to a unanimity issue brought as an ineffective assistance of counsel claim). 20210913-CA 32 2025 UT App 57 State v. Farmer CONCLUSION ¶73 The trial court did not exceed its discretion when it denied Farmer’s rule 804(b)(3) motions to admit the written statement and the v

2025See id. ¶¶ 49, 54 (stating that the requirement that the defendant show prejudice “is generally reserved for a category of claims brought for the first time on appeal” and declining to apply that standard to a preserved unanimity claim); State v. Baugh, 2024 UT 33, ¶ 42 , 556 P.3d 35 (applying the Strickland prejudice standard to a unanimity issue brought as an ineffective assistance of counsel claim). 20210913-CA 32 2025 UT App 57 State v. Farmer CONCLUSION ¶73 The trial court did not exceed its discretion when it denied Farmer’s rule 804(b)(3) motions to admit the written statement and the v

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2015"In making this determination, a court hearing an ineffectiveness claim must consider the totality of the evidence before the judge or jury." Id. at 695 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 . ¶ 54 In State v. Hutchings, 2012 UT 50, ¶¶ 24-28 , 285 P.3d 1183 , we recently applied the Strickland prejudice standard in a similar case.

2015"In making this determination, a court hearing an ineffectiveness claim must consider the totality of the evidence before the judge or jury." Id. at 695 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 . ¶ 54 In State v. Hutchings, 2012 UT 50, ¶¶ 24-28 , 285 P.3d 1183 , we recently applied the Strickland prejudice standard in a similar case.

2026See, e.g., Mike, 2025 UT App 163, ¶ 43 ; State v. Farmer, 2025 UT App 57 , ¶ 72, 569 P.3d 267 , cert. denied, 574 P.3d 522 (Utah 2025); State v. Naranjo, 2023 UT App 131, ¶ 49 , 538 P.3d 1278 ; State v. Mottaghian, 2022 UT App 8, ¶ 72 , 504 P.3d 773 , cert. denied, 525 P.3d 1256 (Utah 2022).

2026See, e.g., Mike, 2025 UT App 163, ¶ 43 ; State v. Farmer, 2025 UT App 57 , ¶ 72, 569 P.3d 267 , cert. denied, 574 P.3d 522 (Utah 2025); State v. Naranjo, 2023 UT App 131, ¶ 49 , 538 P.3d 1278 ; State v. Mottaghian, 2022 UT App 8, ¶ 72 , 504 P.3d 773 , cert. denied, 525 P.3d 1256 (Utah 2022).

2026See also State v. Baugh, 2024 UT 33, ¶ 42 , 556 P.3d 35 (applying the Strickland prejudice standard to an ineffective assistance claim challenging a lack of a specific unanimity instruction); State v. Bond, 2015 UT 88, ¶¶ 43 , 46–47, 361 P.3d 104 (stating that “even federal constitutional errors so serious as to be deemed structural are subject to preservation requirements” and a “harmlessness analysis”).

2026See also State v. Baugh, 2024 UT 33, ¶ 42 , 556 P.3d 35 (applying the Strickland prejudice standard to an ineffective assistance claim challenging a lack of a specific unanimity instruction); State v. Bond, 2015 UT 88, ¶¶ 43 , 46–47, 361 P.3d 104 (stating that “even federal constitutional errors so serious as to be deemed structural are subject to preservation requirements” and a “harmlessness analysis”).

2026See, e.g., Mike, 2025 UT App 163, ¶ 43 ; State v. Farmer, 2025 UT App 57 , ¶ 72, 569 P.3d 267 , cert. denied, 574 P.3d 522 (Utah 2025); State v. Naranjo, 2023 UT App 131, ¶ 49 , 538 P.3d 1278 ; State v. Mottaghian, 2022 UT App 8, ¶ 72 , 504 P.3d 773 , cert. denied, 525 P.3d 1256 (Utah 2022).

2026See, e.g., Mike, 2025 UT App 163, ¶ 43 ; State v. Farmer, 2025 UT App 57 , ¶ 72, 569 P.3d 267 , cert. denied, 574 P.3d 522 (Utah 2025); State v. Naranjo, 2023 UT App 131, ¶ 49 , 538 P.3d 1278 ; State v. Mottaghian, 2022 UT App 8, ¶ 72 , 504 P.3d 773 , cert. denied, 525 P.3d 1256 (Utah 2022).

2015"In making this determination, a court hearing an ineffectiveness claim must consider the totality of the evidence before the judge or jury." Id. at 695 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 . ¶ 54 In State v. Hutchings, 2012 UT 50, ¶¶ 24-28 , 285 P.3d 1183 , we recently applied the Strickland prejudice standard in a similar case.

2015"In making this determination, a court hearing an ineffectiveness claim must consider the totality of the evidence before the judge or jury." Id. at 695 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 . ¶ 54 In State v. Hutchings, 2012 UT 50, ¶¶ 24-28 , 285 P.3d 1183 , we recently applied the Strickland prejudice standard in a similar case.