Topic: affidavits, records, or other evidence · Go Syfert
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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 26 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 People v. Delton.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 People v. Delton Anchor
ill · 2008
green “affidavits, records, or other evidence” 9
2 People v. Graham
ill · 2003
green “a defendant must prove that defense counsel's performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness and that this substandard performance created a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.” 6
3 The People v. Tarver
ill · 1942
green “a shot fired by one of the defendants, under the circumstances shown, was a shot fired by all and all of them must answer for the result.” 5
4 People v. Maclin
illappct · 2014
green “appellate counsel is not required to brief every conceivable issue on appeal, and counsel is not incompetent for choosing not to raise meritless issues.” 3
5 The People v. Tarver
ill · 1942
green “by attaching himself to a group bent on illegal acts, defendant became accountable for all the crimes of his companions, including the shooting.” 3

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