Topic: defense counsel has wide discretion in determining what str… · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 21 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 Worthington v. State.

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1 Worthington v. State Anchor
mo · 2005
green “defense counsel has wide discretion in determining what strategy to use in defending his or her client.” 10
2 Watson v. State
mo · 2017
green “trial strategy decisions may be a basis for finding ineffective assistance of counsel only if that decision was unreasonable.” 6
3 Nunley v. State
moctapp · 2001
green “allegations in a post-conviction motion are not self-proving.” 5

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