3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 16 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 Washington v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington v. State Anchor | green | “in reviewing a lower court's determination of a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, we give deference to the trial court's factual findings, which are upheld on appeal unless clearly erroneous; however, we review the lower court's legal conclusions de novo.” | 9 |
| 2 | Ward v. State | green | “if an appellant fails to meet his burden of proving either prong of the strickland test, the reviewing court does not have to examine the other prong.” | 4 |
| 3 | Sherman v. State | neutral | “but for such deficient performance there is a reasonable probability that the result of the trial would have been different.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.