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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 22 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from David Ronald Chandler v. United States.

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1 David Ronald Chandler v. United States Anchor
ca11 · 2000
green “counsel is not required to present every nonfrivolous defense; nor is counsel required to present all mitigation evidence, even if the additional mitigation evidence would not have been incompatible with counsel's strategy.” 6
2 United States v. Pease
ca11 · 2001
green “we cannot say as a matter of law that reliance on a client's statements is per se deficient performance” 4
3 Jenkins v. State
alacrimapp · 2004
green “the amount of evidence incriminating jenkins . . . was overwhelming.” 4
4 Hall v. Florida
scotus · 2014
green “hen a defendant's iq test score falls within the test's acknowledged and inherent margin of error, the defendant must be able to present additional evidence of intellectual disability, including testimony regarding adaptive deficits.” 4
5 Reeves v. State
alacrimapp · 2016
green “this court has repeatedly held that a circuit court is not required to accept, consider, or apply the 'flynn effect' in determining intellectual disability.” 4

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